Fwd: ADA hearing by Civil Rights Commission
Morgan Brown (morganbrown@hotmail.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:23:27 EDT
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On: Monday, October 19, 1998 at 11:34:13 -0400 (EDT)
Stanley Greenberg <stanleyg@together.net> forwarded:
Re: ADA hearing by Civil Rights Commission
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Hearing on the Americans With Disabilities Act
AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Public Law 103-419,
108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3., that a public hearing
before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on Thursday,
November 12 through Friday, November 13, 1998, beginning daily at 8:00
a.m., in the Washington Room, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas
Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. The purpose of the hearing is to
collect information within the jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45
CFR 702.2, related particularly to discrimination against qualified
individuals with a disability in regard to either employment or the
delivery of services, programs or activities of state and local
government under Title I and Title II, Subtitle A of the Americans With
Disabilities Act.
The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue subpoenas for
the production of documents and the attendance of witnesses pursuant to
45 CFR 701.2(c). The Commission is an independent bipartisan, fact
finding agency authorized to study, collect, and disseminate
information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal
Government, and to study and collect information with respect to
discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws under the
Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or
national origin, or in the administration of justice.
Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require the
services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty Edmiston,
Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 376-8105
(TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before the
scheduled date of the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Brooks, Press and
Communications (202) 376-8312.
Dated: October 9, 1998.
Stephanie Y. Moore,
General Counsel.
Stan Greenberg
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