In February 2014, the Department of Justice and Blair County, Pennsylvania, entered into a Settlement Agreement under the ADA concerning the accessibility of the County's polling places....
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PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE POLLING PLACES
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PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE VOTING SYSTEMS AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
In 2009, the Department entered into a landmark ADA settlement agreement with the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that transformed the historic city into a model program of accessible...
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Other Information for Individuals with Hearing or Vision Impairments
Carriers shared considerable concern over the costs of compliance, both in terms of having personnel available at all of the areas listed in the proposal and in terms of potential technical...
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1.3. Public Comments on Initial Regulatory Assessment and Department Responses
As a threshold matter, the Department agrees that in some instances, the estimates provided did not accurately capture a particular cost of compliance. ...
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11B-212.3 Sinks
Agencies responsible for promulgating and enforcing accessibility regulations have previously issued guidance, such as DSA-AC's Access Compliance Reference Manual....
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NOTES
See Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards, 77 Fed....
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1. New Curb Ramp Construction and Alterations
In 1995, DPW issued Order No. 169,270, which memorialized the City's plan to install curb ramps in compliance with disability access laws, while recognizing that funding constraints might...
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Safe harbor and other proposed limitations on barrier removal.
The Department invites comment on whether public accommodations that operate existing facilities with play or recreation areas should be exempted from compliance with certain requirements...
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2. Justification for Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT
outside the web browser environment not only ensures greater accessibility for persons with disabilities, but also minimizes the incremental burden on regulated entities by simplifying compliance...
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2. Treatment of WCAG 2.0
A few commenters, including representatives of the software industry, also suggested that the rule allow for compliance with any subsequent and, as yet unpublished, revisions to WCAG 2.0...
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Viewing Areas
However, when work is done to improve an existing viewing area or overlook and a condition for an exception prohibits full compliance with a specific technical requirement for a clear ground...
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Introduction
Architecture and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) and the National Park Service....
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II. Summary of Regulatory Assessment
review of the comments, and based on the Department’s own research, the Department has determined, however, that the above-referenced exam costs represent the only category of measurable compliance...
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Relationship to Other Laws
Compliance with the Department's title II and title III regulations does not necessarily ensure compliance with other Federal statutes....
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3. New Construction vs. Alterations
there will be very rare instances when it will be technically infeasible for a curb ramp installed during alterations to pre-ADA roadways and walkways to be constructed in full and strict compliance...
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§1607.7 Use of other validity studies.
professional obligation to provide evidence of validity which meets generally accepted professional standards (see section 5C above), users are cautioned that they are responsible for compliance...
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ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments
Department of Justice issued installments of a new technical assistance document designed to assist state and local officials to improve compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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806 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
In addition, the requirement for compliance with sections 308 and 309 has been removed in the final rule. This change is consistent with the ANSI A117.1 standard....
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TTYs
According to these commenters, compliance with wheelchair access provisions greatly compromises their usability by the majority of persons with hearing or speech impairments who do not use...
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Section 1193.33 Accessibility and usability
The greatest cost involved with compliance with this provision is in the production of alternate formats....
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§35.103 Relationship to Other Laws
Subpart F of the regulation establishes compliance procedures for processing complaints covered by both this part and section 504....
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Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
health and safety, and other advantages; distributive impacts; and equity); (4) to the extent feasible, specify performance objectives, rather than specifying the behavior or manner of compliance...
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Executive Order 13132: Federalism
For these reasons, the Department has determined that this NPRM may have federalism implications and requires intergovernmental consultation in compliance with Executive Order 13132....
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Operable Parts
associations suggested that making operable parts tactilely discernible and integrating a user prompt for timeouts would require substantial time to design and test and thus would require a compliance...