Public comment sessions will be held Monday, March 30 from 11:30 a.m. until noon (EDT: undefined, undefined, undefined%), and on Tuesday, March 31 from 1:00 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. The toll-free call-in number is 888-790-6568, and the pass code is "NCD Meeting."
from the National Council on Disability Monthly Bulletin for March 2009 via foxbusiness.com
On Tuesday, March 31, NCD will hear from Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy, who will brief the Council on Administration policies regarding disability. Later that morning, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., NCD will release a paper entitled Federal Employment of People with Disabilities, which examines the status of employment of people with disabilities in the Federal Government and makes recommendations for improving federal hiring and advancement of employees with disabilities. This paper follows on the heels of a similar Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report issued in 2008 which called attention to the problem and also raised alarm about the diminishing percentage of federal employees with disabilities over the past few years.
On Tuesday afternoon, from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., NCD will release its annual report to the President and Congress entitled National Disability Policy: A Progress Report, which is a congressionally-mandated snapshot of the current state of disability in the United States. Also on Tuesday afternoon, NCD will hear from congressional staff members about the latest news from Capitol Hill, and will host a reception at the meeting location beginning at 5:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet NCD members and staff and offer your comments during the public comment sessions.
The agenda will also include sessions on emergency preparedness, healthcare, employment, housing, civil rights and several other subjects of interest to the disability community.
The Council's website is located here and I've added it to the blogroll.
Additional contact information from their site:
Contact Information:
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
Comments and Feedback:
ncd@ncd.gov
1 comment:
I hope before this takes place Dale's position in the White House is clarified. Is Dale the arts or disability advisor?
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