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Notice
The Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) rulemaking has concluded. The PROWAG final rule has been published in the Federal Register. Please visit the Access Board’s PROWAG page for the guidelines.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the General Services Administration (GSA) have submitted Section 508 Report to the President and Congress: Accessibility of Federal Electronic and Information Technology to Congress and the President. Based on data from February 2021 through August 2022, the report presents . . .
At the end of March, two U.S. Access Board staff members, Earlene Sesker and Jeff Sargent, will retire after their decades-long tenure at the agency. Sesker has spent 34 years in the federal government, including 30 years at the Board, and retires as the Board’s Director of Administration. Sargent has been in government service for 38 years, including 34 years at the Board, and retires as the Board’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Over the years, Sesker and Sargent’s myriad contributions were integral to . . .
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity will provide a virtual training on the Fair Housing Act’s Accessibility Requirements for Kitchens on February 28, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. (ET). This session will address . . .
The U.S. Access Board seeks an Administrative Officer (GS 15) to serve in the Office of Administration. This position will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating . . .
All are welcome to attend the next meeting of the U.S. Access Board, which will be open to the public and take place on March 15 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (ET). The agenda for the meeting includes election of officers, brief reports from standing and ad hoc Board committees and the Executive Director, and federal agency updates. Members of the public may attend and listen to the meeting through the Zoom.gov platform, by phone, or in person at the Board’s Washington D.C. Conference Space. For further information, . . .
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity will provide a virtual training on the Fair Housing Act’s Accessibility Requirements on February 14, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. (ET). This session will address . . .
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Southeast ADA Center has launched a special virtual interview series where the Center speaks with leaders of the disability rights movement. The interview series, including . . .
The U.S. Access Board seeks an Events and Communication Specialist to serve in its Office of Executive Director. This Events and Communication Specialist position will be responsible for . . .
Bill Botten, the U.S. Access Board’s Senior Accessibility Specialist and Training Coordinator, retired from federal service today. A Board employee for 22 years, Botten contributed in many ways to the mission and vision of the agency, from . . .
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech program has released Best Practices for the Design of Accessible COVID-19 Home Tests, a document with recommendations for developers and manufacturers of diagnostic tech to make at-home COVID-19 test kits accessible to people with disabilities. The document covers topics on accessible packaging and instructions of test kits, including . . .