National Council on Disability – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Council on Disability published a notice in the Federal Register of April 27, 2020, concerning a conference call meeting of the Council. This document is intended to correct the omission of noting the conference call meeting as a Sunshine Act meeting and to ensure that it is properly categorized to be understood as open to the public. All other information from the original notice is accurate.

The National Council on Disability published a notice in the Federal Register of February 8, 2018, concerning a meeting of the Council. This document contains a correction to the agenda timing and content of the meeting.

The National Council on Disability (NCD) issues a final rule amending its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to integrate required statutory mandates enacted by the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (The Improvement Act). These changes include a longer timeframe to file an appeal for administrative appeals and additional resources for dispute resolution services. Additionally, NCD issues this final rule so as to include comments which were submitted for NCD's existing FOIA regulations. But due to issues beyond NCD control, NCD did not receive the comments until after publication of the final rule.

The National Council on Disability is proposing regulations to implement the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the Government in the Sunshine Act. This proposed rulemaking describes the procedures for members of the public to request access to records. In addition, this document also proposes procedures for the Council's responses to these requests, including the timeframe for response and applicable fees. These rules should be read in conjunction with the text of the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, the Government in the Sunshine Act, and the Uniform Freedom of Information Fee Schedule and Guidelines published by the Office of Management and Budget.

The National Council on Disability published a notice in the Federal Register of July 8, 2014, concerning a meeting of the Council. This document contains a correction to the start time of the meeting.