Office of Advocacy Webinar & Listening Session on DOJ’s Final Rule on ADA Website Accessibility for State and Local Governments
8:00am - 9:30am
Session summary
The Office of Advocacy will be hosting a webinar and listening session on July 23, 2024, at 11 am (Eastern Time) on the Microsoft Teams platform. The discussion will focus on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final rule on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website and accessibility requirements for state and local governments (Title II of the ADA). For more information about this final rule, please visit: Justice Department Finalizes Rule Requiring State and Local Governments to Make their Websites Accessible – SBA’s Office of Advocacy
Please submit your question in advance when you RSVP or email your question to Janis.Reyes@sba.gov. The speakers from the DOJ will not be able to answer live questions.
If attendees have questions that are not answered during the presentation, there are a variety of other resources on the rule that they can consult. The DOJ has published a fact sheet that provides a plain language description of the rule’s requirements. The DOJ has also published a Small Entity Compliance Guide, which is geared specifically towards people who work for or with state or local governments, and provides additional tips for how those governments might begin their efforts to comply with the rule.
The DOJ also operates an ADA Information Line that members of the public can call to ask any questions they may have about the rule. All calls to the line are confidential. The ADA Information Line can be reached at 800-514-0301 (voice) and 1-833-610-1264 (TTY). Accessibility specialists are available to take calls Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. and 3:00-5:30 p.m. ET; Tuesday from 12:30pm-5:30pm ET; and Thursday from 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. ET.
Registration link
Register today and provide the requested information to receive a Teams link.
Session agenda
- Welcome and Introduction to the Office of Advocacy (11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.)
- DOJ’s Briefing on Final Rule and Q&A (11:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
- DOJ attorneys will provide a briefing of the final rule and will answer some of the submitted questions during the webinar.
- Small Business Listening Session on DOJ’s Final Rule (12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.)
There will be an opportunity for small businesses to provide feedback on compliance with the final rule and ask any questions.
The speakers from the DOJ will be in listening mode and will not be able to answer live questions.
However, the DOJ will take the attendees’ feedback and questions into account when considering possible future technical assistance. - Adjourn (12:30 p.m.)