EEOC Adds New Orleans to its List of ADA Hearings

[The following is the latest press release on all four hearings related to the ADA Amendments Act regulations]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Town Hall Meetings
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division are holding four full-day Town Hall Listening Sessions in October and November to obtain direct input from the business/employer community and the disability and disability advocacy community on EEOC's proposed regulations under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA).
Presided over by EEOC's Acting Chair, Stuart J. Ishimaru, Acting Vice Chair, Christine Griffin, and Commissioner Constance S. Barker, as well as DOJ’s Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Samuel Bagenstos, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Mazen Baswari, and Chief of the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division, John Wodatch, the Town Hall Listening Session is an opportunity for these officials to hear directly from stakeholders of all perspectives on the proposed regulations.
The Listening Sessions will be held on October 26th in Oakland, October 30th in Philadelphia, November 17th in Chicago and November 20th in New Orleans.
Five-minute time slots to address the panel will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Some of the slots will be available on an advance registration basis and some on first-come, first-served sign up basis at the event. Members of the public are also invited to attend and view the proceedings, with space available on a first-come, first-served basis.
As a reasonable accommodation, there will be limited availability to provide public input by telephone. To request this accommodation you must register in advance.
Sign Language Interpreters, CART, and assistive listening devices will be available. If you need printed materials in an alternative format please email Elisa.gonzalez.ctr@tma.osd.mil letting her know what you need and the location (city) of the event you will be attending.
See detailed information about each Listening Session and information about registration.
Both EEOC and DOJ want to encourage all individuals and organizations who cannot attend this event to make sure you submit comments and attachments electronically at www.regulations.gov the Federal eRulemaking Portal. To submit a comment, you can locate the NPRM by typing in the keyword "ADA Amendments Act." The ID# for the ADAAA regulation is 3046-AA85.
Written comments may also be submitted to Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Secretariat, EEOC, 131 M Street, NE., Suite 4NW08R, Room 6NE03F, Washington, DC 20507. Comments may be transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine by dialing (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number.) Only comments of six or fewer pages will be accepted via FAX transmittal. Comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2009.
Background Information
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [HTML] [PDF]
Question and Answers on the NPRM [HTML] [PDF]
Summary of the NPRM changes [HTML] [PDF] [En Español]
EEOC's Notice Concerning The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008

http://www.eeoc.gov/ada/adaaa-townhall.html