[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52642-52643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26064]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Sunshine Act Meeting

Type: Open house and quarterly meeting.
Agency: National Council on Disability.
Summary: This notice sets forth the schedules and proposed agendas of 
the upcoming open house and quarterly meeting of the National Council 
on Disability (NCD). Notice of these meetings is required under Section 
522b(e)(1) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, (P.L. 94-409).

Open House Date: November 5, 2001, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850, 
Washington, DC.

Quarterly Meeting Dates: November 5-6, 2001, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC; 202-737-2200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark S. Quigley, Public Affairs, 
Specialist, National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 
850, Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (Voice), 202-272-2074 (TTY), 
202-272-2022 (Fax).

Agency Mission: NCD is an independent federal agency composed of 15 
members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. 
Its overall purpose is to promote policies, programs, practices, and 
procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all people with 
disabilities, including people from culturally diverse backgrounds, 
regardless of the nature or significance of the disability; and to 
employer people with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, 
independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of 
society.

Accommodations: Those needing sign language interpreters or other 
disability

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accommodations should notify NCD at least one week prior to these 
meetings.

Language Translation: In accordance with Executive Order 13166, 
Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English 
Proficiency, those people with disabilities who are limited English 
proficient and seek translation services for these meetings should 
notify NCD at least week prior to these meetings.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Environment Illness: People with multiple 
chemical sensitivity/environmental illness must reduce their exposure 
to volatile chemical substances to attend these meetings. To reduce 
such exposure, NCD requests that attendees not wear perfumes or scented 
products at these meetings. Smoking is prohibited in meeting rooms and 
surrounding areas.

Open Meetings: In accordance with the Government in the Sunshine Act 
and NCD's bylaws, this open house and quarterly meeting will be open to 
the public for observation, except where NCD determines tha a meeting 
or portion thereof should be closed in accordance with NCD's 
regulations pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act. A majority 
of NCD members present shall determine when a meeting or portion 
thereof is closed to the public, in accordance with the Government in 
the Sunshine Act. At meetings open to the public, NCD may determine 
when non-members may participate in its discussions. Observers are not 
expected to participate in NCD meetings unless requested to do so by an 
NCD member and recognized by the NCD chairperson.

Open House Agenda: This is an opportunity for attendees to meet NCD 
members and staff and informally discuss current and emerging 
disability issues.

Quarterly Meeting Agenda:   
Reports from the Chairperson and the Executive Director
Committee Meetings and Committee Reports
Executive Session (closed)
Unfinished Business
New Business
Announcements
Adjournment

    Records will be kept of all National Council on Disability 
proceedings and will be available after the quarterly meeting for 
public inspection at the National Council on Disability.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 12, 2201.
Ethel D. Briggs,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 01-26064 Filed 10-12-01; 10:37 am]
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