The DRO, housed in the FCC's Consumer Information Bureau , provides technical assistance to consumers, businesses, and government agencies on their rights and responsibilities to facilitate disability access in the foundations and frontiers of telecommunications. To achieve this goal, CITA works with an expanding network of public and private sector partners. The ATC has 4 workstations available for hands-on demonstrations and evaluations of assistive technologies. Each of the workstations is geared to the demonstration of products that provide accommodations for various disabilities. The ATC ensures equal access for DOI employees with disabilities to information technology that is essential in today's work place.
IRAP associates offer consultations, technical support, demonstrations and facility tours.
IRAP also tests IRS systems and products to ensure accessibility and compatibility with assistive technology. The Section's enforcement, certification, regulatory, coordination, and technical assistance activities, required by the ADA, combined with an innovative mediation program and a technical assistance grant program, provide a cost-effective and dynamic approach for carrying out the ADA's mandates. The Section also carries out responsibilities under Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act . The Section's responsibilities include coordinating federal agency implementation of Section 504 under Executive Order 12250, chairing the Interagency Disability Coordinating Council, and publishing periodic reports on the accessibility of electronic and information technology used by the federal government. To achieve this, CISE supports investigator-initiated research in all areas of computer and information science and engineering.