NCD’s AbilityOne briefing series explore NCD’s report findings and recommendations on the 82 year-old federal disability employment system.
About this Event
About the National Council on Disability
NCD is an independent federal agency authorized to conduct objective and comprehensive investigations, research, and analysis on policies that affect people with disabilities in order to advise Congress and the President. First established as an advisory council within the Department of Education in 1978, NCD became an independent federal agency in 1984. In 1986, NCD recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. Since enactment of the ADA in 1990, NCD has continued to play a leading role in crafting disability policy, and advising the President, Congress and other federal agencies on disability policies, programs, and practices.
Event Details
NCD’s AbilityOne briefing series explore NCD’s report findings and recommendations regarding the 82 year-old federal disability employment system. It will start with an optional primer on AbilityOne for those less familiar with the program (10/22, 10:30 AM), followed by an overview of the report findings and recommendations (10/22, 11:00 AM), and will go on to explore report findings at greater depth in subsequent briefings (10/29, 11:00 AM; 11/5, 11:00 AM).
*Please Note: Links to each event will be provided within 24 hours of the event, or before.
Thursday, October 22
10:30 a.m. –11:00 a.m. ET
First Briefing – Ability One Primer
In this opening optional briefing, NCD will provide an overview of the AbilityOne program for those desiring a better understanding of the federal disability employment system.
Thursday, October 22
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET
Second Briefing – NCD Report Overview
In this second briefing, NCD will provide an overview of NCD’s latest report, Policies from the Past in a Modern Era: The Unintended Consequences of the AbilityOne Program and Section 14(c), including its major findings and recommendations.
Thursday, October 29
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Third Briefing – AbilityOne and National Disability Policy Goals
Thursday, November 5
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
Fourth Briefing – AbilityOne and National Disability Policy Goals
Accommodations
Thank you for your interest in this NCD event series. Please contact us as soon as possible if you have accommodations requests, so we have adequate time to arrange them. Let us know of your accommodations requests by emailing Kimie Eacobacci, Legislative Affairs Specialist, at [email protected].