By s.e. smith on 18 November, 2010
*** HEARING THURSDAY *** Landrieu to Chair Hearing To Examine Regulatory Burdens Facing Small Businesses WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, will hold a hearing Thursday, November 18, 2010 entitled “Next Steps for Main Street: Reducing the Regulatory and Administrative Burdens on [...]
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By Anna on 11 October, 2010
(Via email) Dear Friends, The Topic Guides on ADA Transportation, a series of technical assistance documents funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and developed by DREDF and TranSystems Corporation, will be featured in a series of seven once-a-month webinars, one webinar on each Topic Guide. The webinar series will be coordinated by the DBTAC [...]
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By s.e. smith on 29 July, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
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By s.e. smith on 26 July, 2010
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the date the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law. This landmark piece of legislation resulted in tremendous gains for people with disabilities in the United States, but it’s important to remember that we have a long way to go; I’ve read a string of articles this morning [...]
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By Anna on 13 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 13th.
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US Signal Boost: New ADA & section 508 regulations – public comments due today June 21
By s.e. smith on 21 June, 2010
Short notice, but the U.S. government is rewriting the ADA and Section 508 regulations for Information and Communications Technology. These are the laws that describe how American companies and government websites need to be accessible. I thought some folks in this community might be interested in commenting on the draft legislation. The US Access Board [...]
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