Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce

In October 2015, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce...

FCC presentation on In-Flight Entertainment: Captions at any Altitude

Presentation by Karen Peltz Strauss of the Federal Communications Commission on the FCC's regulations, requirements, standards, and responsibilities, and how they might apply to In-Flight Entertainment.

APEX presentation on closed captioning issues in In-Flight Entertainment

Presentation slides from Michael Childers of the Airline Passenger Experience Association on issues affecting closed captioning of In-Flight Entertainment.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Four Winning Cities of the Every Place Counts Design Challenge

PHILADELPHIA –Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the four winning cities of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Every Place Counts Design Challenge, which aims to raise awareness and identify inclusive community design solutions that...

1st Meeting: May 17-18

First Meeting of the ACCESS Advisory CommitteeMay 17 – 18, 2016

Omni Shoreham Hotel2500 Calvert Street NWWashington, D.C. 20001

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Read the draft agendaRead the draft ground rules

Attendance is open to the public up to the room’s capacity of 150 attendees....

6th Meeting: Oct. 12-14

Sixth Meeting of the ACCESS Advisory CommitteeOctober 12 – 14, 2016

Hilton Arlington, 950 N. Stafford St., Arlington, VA 22203.

The meeting will be open to the public. Attendance will necessarily be limited by the size of the meeting room (maximum 150 attendees). Since space...

5th Meeting: Sept. 21-23

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4th Meeting: Aug. 16-17

Fourth Meeting of the ACCESS Advisory CommitteeAugust 16 – 17, 2016

Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport1999 Jefferson Davis HighwayArlington, Virginia 22202

Read the Federal Register Notice announcing the fourth meeting at https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-17967

The...

3rd Meeting: Jul.11-12

Third Meeting of the ACCESS Advisory CommitteeJuly 11 – 12, 2016

Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City1250 Hayes StreetArlington, VA 22202

Read the Federal Register Notice announcing the third meeting at https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-15147

The meeting will be open to the public....

2nd Meeting: Jun. 14-15

Second Meeting of the ACCESS Advisory CommitteeJune 14 – 15, 2016

The Capital Hilton1001 16th Street NWWashington, D.C. 20036

Read the Federal Register Notice announcing the second meeting at https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-12882.

The meeting will be open to the public. ...

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