Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.

Notice of Meeting

Dates

October 24, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.

Supplementary Information

Background: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is an independent government agency operating as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission. It oversees the AbilityOne Program, which provides employment opportunities through Federal contracts for people who are blind or have significant disabilities in the manufacture and delivery of products and services to the Federal Government. The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. chapter 85) authorizes the contracts.

Registration: Attendees not requesting speaking time should register not later than 11:59 p.m. ET on October 23, 2024. Attendees requesting speaking time must register not later than 11:59 p.m. ET on October 15, 2024, and use the comment fields in the registration form to specify the intended speaking topic/s. The registration link will be available on the Commission's home page, www.abilityone.gov, under News and Events.

Commission Statement: This regular quarterly meeting will include updates from the Commission Chairperson, Executive Director, and Inspector General.

Public Participation: The public engagement session will address "Data Collection Through Updated Compliance Forms." The Commission will discuss updated forms for collecting data from AbilityOne-participating nonprofit agencies, drafts of which are available on the agency's Compliance Policy Modernization web page at https://www.abilityone.gov/commission/draftcompliancepolicies.html, specifically in the announcements of November 17, 2023, and May 2, 2024. The discussion will cover the purpose of the forms and their relationship to data collection. The Commission may provide additional information about the forms prior to the meeting.

The Commission invites public comments and suggestions on the public engagement topic. During registration, you may choose to submit comments, or you may request speaking time at the meeting. The Commission may invite some attendees who submit advance comments to discuss their comments during the meeting. Comments submitted will be reviewed by staff and the Commission members before the meeting. Comments posted in the chat box during the meeting will be shared with the Commission members after the meeting. The Commission is not subject to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552(b); however, the Commission published this notice to encourage the broadest possible participation in its meeting.

Personal Information: Speakers should not include any information that they do not want publicly disclosed.