[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3916-3917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2064]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

TYPE: Quarterly Meeting Location Change.
AGENCY: National Council on Disability.
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedules and proposed agenda of 
the upcoming quarterly meeting of the National Council on Disability 
(NCD). Notice of this meeting is required under Section 522b(e)(1) of 
the Government in the Sunshine Act, (P.L. 94-409). On December 6, 2001. 
NCD published a Sunshine Act Meeting notice in the Federal Register, 
indicating that the meeting would take place in Los Angeles, 
California, at Los Angeles Marriott Hotel Downtown. The meeting will 
not be held at that location. It will now be held at the National 
Council on Disability office in Washington, DC. The dates and times are 
the same.

QUARTERLY MEETING DATES: February 4-5, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LOCATION:  National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 
850, Washington, DC; 202-272-2004.

CONTACT INFORMATION: 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

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backgrounds, regardless of the nature or significance of the 
disability; and to empower people with disabilities to achieve economic 
self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration 
into all aspects of society.

ACCOMMDATIONS: Those needing sign language interpreters or other 
disability accommodations should notify NCD at least one week prior to 
this meeting.

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

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY/ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS: People with 
multiple chemical sensitivity/environmental illness must reduce their 
exposure to volatile chemical substances to attend this meeting. To 
reduce such exposure, NCD requests that attendees not wear perfumes or 
scented products at this meeting. Smoking is prohibited in meeting 
rooms and surrounding areas.

OPEN MEETING: In accordance with the Government in the Sunshine Act and 
NCD's bylaws, this quarterly meeting will be open to the public for 
observation, except where NCD determines that 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.

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 January 23, 2002.
Ethel D. Briggs,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 02-2064 Filed 1-23-02; 4:23 pm]
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