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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
The Access Board is an independent Federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. Created in 1973 to ensure access to federally funded facilities, the Board is now a leading source of information on accessible design. The Board develops and maintains design criteria for the built environment, transit vehicles, telecommunications equipment, and for electronic and information technology. It also provides technical assistance and training on these requirements and on accessible design and continues to enforce accessibility standards that cover federally funded facilities.
The Board is structured to function as a coordinating body among Federal agencies and to directly represent the public, particularly people with disabilities. Half of its members are representatives from most of the Federal departments. The other half is comprised of members of the public appointed by the President, a majority of whom must have a disability.
- Agency URL:
- http://www.access-board.gov/
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Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles; Extension of Comment Period
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is extending until July 14, 2020 the comment period for the document entitled ``Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles'' that appeared in the Federal Register on February 14, 2020. In that document, the...
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Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles
Notice is hereby given that the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) will hold a public hearing to gather information and hear public comment on its recently published advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning updates to our existing guidelines for rail vehicles covered by the Americans With...
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Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles
We, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereafter, ``Access Board'', ``Board'', or ``we''), are issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the process of updating our existing accessibility guidelines for rail vehicles covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By this ANPRM, the...
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Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Wheelchair Seat Height Survey
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board or Board), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposed, new information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (we, Access Board, or Board) is issuing this direct final rule to amend its regulations addressing accessibility requirements for information and communication technology to correct several inadvertent drafting errors in a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 18,...
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Performance Review Board Membership
Notice is given of the appointment of members to a performance review board for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board).
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of Renewed Generic Clearance for OMB Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal of its existing generic clearance to continue to collect qualitative feedback on agency services and programs.
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Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) invites comment on the proposed extension of its existing generic clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery, which was developed as part of a Federal Government- wide...
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Guidance Procedures
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereafter, ``Access Board,'' or ``Board'') issues this final rule to implement an Executive Order entitled ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents.'' By this rule, the Access Board establishes internal, procedural requirements governing the issuance,...
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Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board submits the following agenda of proposed regulatory activities which may be conducted by the agency during the next 12 months. This regulatory agenda may be revised by the agency during the coming months as a result of action taken by the Board.
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Proposed Renewal of Information Collection; Online Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Complaint Form
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) announces its submission, concurrently with the publication of this Notice or soon thereafter, of the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and...
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Performance Review Board Membership
Notice is given of the appointment of members to a performance review board for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board).
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Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles; Extension of Comment Period
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is extending until July 14, 2020 the comment period for the document entitled ``Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Rail Vehicles'' that appeared in the Federal Register on February 14, 2020. In that document, the...
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Proposed Renewal of Information Collection; Online Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Complaint Form
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) invites comment on the proposed extension of its existing information collection titled, ``Online Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Complaint Form.'' (OMB Control No. 3014-0012). The information collection is scheduled to...
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Notice of Guidance Documents
We, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereafter, ``Access Board,'' ``Board,'' or ``we''), are issuing this notice to announce that, pursuant to Executive Order 13891, we have collected and listed all of our guidance documents on our website which can be found at http://www.access-board.gov/guidance.