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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

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Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice is 

publishing its fall 2017 regulatory 

agenda pursuant to Executive Order 

12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review,’’ 58 FR 51735, and the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 

to 612 (1988). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Hinchman, Senior Counsel, 

Office of Legal Policy, Department of 

Justice, Room 4252, 950 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530, 

(202) 514–8059. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 

includes The Regulatory Plan, which 

appears in both the online Unified 

Agenda and in part II of the Federal 

Register that includes the Unified 

Agenda. The Department of Justice’s 

Statement of Regulatory Priorities is 

included in the Plan. 

Beginning with the fall 2007 edition, 

the internet has been the basic means 

for disseminating the Unified Agenda. 

The complete Unified Agenda will be 

available online at www.reginfo.gov in a 

format that offers users a greatly 

enhanced ability to obtain information 

from the Agenda database. Members of 

the public who wish to comment on 

proposed regulations that are open for 

comment may do so at the governmentwide website www.regulations.gov. 

Because publication in the Federal 

Register is mandated for the regulatory 

flexibility agendas required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602), the Department of Justice’s printed 

agenda entries include only: 

Rules that are in the Agency’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda, in 

accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, because they are likely 

to have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities; and any rules that the Agency 

has identified for periodic review under 

section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

Printing of these entries is limited to 

fields that contain information required 

by the Regulatory Flexibility Act’s 

Agenda requirements. Additional 

information on these entries is available 

in the Unified Agenda published on the 

internet. In addition, for fall editions of 

the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan 

will continue to be printed in the 

Federal Register, as in past years, 

including the Department of Justice’s 

regulatory plan. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Beth A. Williams, 

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 

Policy. 

CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

290 .................... Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and

Local Governments.

1190–AA65 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) 

Civil Rights Division (CRT) 

Completed Actions 

290. Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Disability: Accessibility of Web 

Information and Services of State and 

Local Governments 

E.O. 13771 Designation: 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

seq. 

Abstract: The Department published 

an ANPRM on July 26, 2010, RIN 1190– 

AA61, that addressed issues relating to 

proposed revisions of both the title II 

and title III ADA regulations in order to 

provide guidance on the obligations of 

covered entities to make programs, 

services and activities offered over the 

Web accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. The Department has now 

divided the rulemakings in the next step 

of the rulemaking process so as to 

proceed with separate notices of 

proposed rulemakings for title II and 

title III. The title III rulemaking on Web 

accessibility will continue under RIN 

1190–AA61 and the title II rulemaking 

will continue under the new RIN 1190– 

AA65. This rulemaking will provide 

specific guidance to State and local 

governments in order to make services, 

programs, or activities offered to the 

public via the Web accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. The ADA 

requires that State and local 

governments provide qualified 

individuals with disabilities equal 

access to their programs, services, or 

activities unless doing so would 

fundamentally alter the nature of their 

programs, services, or activities or 

would impose an undue burden. 42. 

U.S.C. 12132. The internet as it is 

known today did not exist when 

Congress enacted the ADA; yet today 

the internet is dramatically changing the 

way that governmental entities serve the 

public. Taking advantage of new 

technology, citizens can now use State 

and local government websites to 

correspond online with local officials; 

obtain information about government 

services; renew library books or driver’s 

licenses; pay fines; register to vote; 

obtain tax information and file tax 

returns; apply for jobs or benefits; and 

complete numerous other civic tasks. 

These Government websites are 

important because they allow programs 

and services to be offered in a more 

dynamic, interactive way in order to 

increase citizen participation; increase 

convenience and speed in obtaining 

information or services; reduce costs in 

providing information about 

Government services and administering 

programs; reduce the amount of 

paperwork; and expand the possibilities 

of reaching new sectors of the 

community or offering new programs or 

services. Many States and localities 

have begun to improve the accessibility 

of portions of their websites. However, 

full compliance with the ADA’s promise 

to provide an equal opportunity for 

individuals with disabilities to 

participate in and benefit from all 

aspects of the programs, services, and 

activities provided by State and local 

governments in today’s technologically 

advanced society will only occur if it is 

clear to public entities that their 

websites must be accessible. 

Consequently, the Department intends 

to publish a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its title II 

regulations to expressly address the 

obligations of public entities to make 

the websites they use to provide 

programs, activities, or services or 

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and usable by individuals with 

disabilities under the legal framework 

established by the ADA. The proposed 

regulation will propose the scope of the 

obligation to provide accessibility when 

persons with disabilities access public 

websites, as well as propose the 

technical standards necessary to comply 

with the ADA. 

Completed: 

Reason Date FR Cite 

Withdrawn for 

Further Review.

10/30/17 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Anne Raish, Phone: 

800 514–0301. 

RIN: 1190–AA65 

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