The four standard-setting agencies (GSA, HUD, USPS, or DOD) establish and enforce standards for design, construction, and alteration of particular types of buildings and facilities....
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5.1 Architectural Barriers Act (ABA).
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D. Technical standards for construct validity studies
Until such time as professional literature provides more guidance on the use of construct validity in employment situations, the Federal agencies will accept a claim of construct validity...
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T704 Announcement Systems
At the request of a transit agency, the final rule does clarify that a mechanism for requesting stops must be located within reach of each wheelchair and priority seat....
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1.1.3.2 State-regulated buildings, structures, and applications
amendments to the model code, and/or state amendments where there are no relevant model code provisions shall apply to the following buildings, structures, and applications regulated by state agencies...
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1.1.3.2 State-regulated buildings, structures, and applications
amendments to the model code, and/or state amendments where there are no relevant model code provisions shall apply to the following buildings, structures, and applications regulated by state agencies...
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Welcome and Charge to Participants
We put it in there, and we were the first agency to do so....
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T103 Definitions
Three transit agencies recommended that the Access Board retain this definition in the final rule, while another urged the Board to work with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to update...
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Introduction
Businesses and State and local government agencies must take reasonable steps to make it possible for people with disabilities to be their employees or customers....
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Q12: Full-depth Pavement Patching
is unsure whether the scope of specific full-depth pavement patching constitutes an alteration, the best practice is for the public entity to work together with the State transportation agency...
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406 Curb Ramps
recommendations from the Board’s Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee, which was comprised of representatives from the transportation industry, Federal, State and local government agencies...
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Interim Segway® Personal Transporter Policy
permit individuals with a mobility impairment to use these devices in Federal buildings under GSA’s jurisdiction, custody or control, including those buildings delegated to other Federal agencies...
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1. LEGAL ISSUES
we are concerned that local building officials and members of the general public, when they consult Construction Tolerance Guidelines,…may assume that they have been adopted by a state agency...
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1018.1 General
Federal agencies must document the basis for their determination when using Exceptions 1 or 2, and must notify the Access Board when using Exception 2. See F201.4.1....
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§35.130(b)(3) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
entity's services, programs, and activities or that perpetuate the discrimination of another public entity, if both public entities are subject to common administrative control or are agencies...
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Designing Access Into the Outdoor Environment
The portion of ADA/ABAAG that applies to Federal agencies is also known as the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS) and is available at http://www.access-board.gov/...
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1. Background
Background Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory...
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1018.1 General
Federal agencies must document the basis for their determination when using Exceptions 1 or 2, and must notify the Access Board when using Exception 2. See F201.4.1....
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I. Who is Covered by Title II of the ADA
"Public entities" include any State or local government and any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities....
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Purpose of the project
dimensioning and measurement conventions appropriate to the different materials and methods used in exterior and interior walking/rolling surfaces so that practitioners and regulatory agencies...
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A. Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
These executive orders direct agencies to assess the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize...
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Q. What employers are covered by the ADA, and when is the coverage effective?
The employment provisions of title I of the ADA apply to private employers, State and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions....
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Tiles
For one agency which manages more than 50 playgrounds, their selection of TIL was based on the agency’s perceptions that installation by its own personnel would help to drive down the overall...
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Background
problems include increased construction costs, unnecessary demolition and rebuilding, litigation, uncertainty, and - too often - animosity among members of the building team, regulatory agencies...
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U.S. DOJ Architect Opening
Attorney Program for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Enforcement providing technical expertise and consultation to Department staff, other federal agencies, state and local governments...