Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Network message.??

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*Martha K. Gabehart* | "Executive Director
"Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
*Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
*900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)

[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov [ [link removed] ]

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This message is from the US Department of Justice.

On October 31, 2023, the Justice Department announced that it has issued guidance to explain how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to state and local government?s employment and day services. The Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division has issued this guidance to help state and local governments understand their nondiscrimination obligations and people with disabilities understand their rights under the federal law in this area. The guidance provides an overview of the ADA, the ADA?s integration mandate, and the types of employment and day services that are often offered to people with disabilities. It then answers nine questions about how the ADA applies to those service systems.

The guidance may be found on ada.gov here [ [link removed] ]. A Federal Register notice discussing the guidance will be forthcoming. To learn more about the ADA, call the toll-free ADA Information Line at 1-800-514-0301 or 1-833-610-1264 (TTY), or access the Justice Department?s ADA website at ada.gov [ [link removed] ].

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This message is from the US Access Board. They make recommendations about building, structural, infrastructure and website accessibility to the US Department of Justice and other federal agencies for acceptance as official standards for the ADA and other laws.

October 31, 2023

U.S. Access Board Seeks Public Affairs Specialist

The U.S. Access Board seeks a Public Affairs Specialist to serve in its Office of Executive Director. This Public Affairs Specialist will be responsible for developing and managing the agency's strategic communications, deploying press, digital, and analytic resources nationally and globally to effectively explain accessibility and the work of the Board. More information about the position is in the vacancy announcement [ [link removed] ].

Current or former federal employees who qualify as status candidates, candidates eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act, the Career Transition Assistance Plan, or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan, and candidates eligible for special hiring authorities (e.g., Schedule A appointment for persons with disabilities) or who are eligible for Veterans? Recruitment Appointment, should respond to vacancy announcement #24-AB-1-MP [ [link removed] ].

Applications are due by November 14, 2023.

For further information, contact the Applicant Call Center at 1-304-480-7300 or by email at [email protected].

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