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The United State Department of Justice is the primary enforcing entity for Civil Rights discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The DOJ enforces the ADA's requirements in three areas -- The DOJ publishes quarterly reports of its enforcement activities which include: The Department's ADA enforcement activities and a wealth of related information can be found on the DOJ's ADA Home Page.


Other Federal agencies which have enforcement authority under the ADA include:

Department of Education which is designated by the ADA to enforce Title II in public elementary and secondary education systems and institutions, public institutions of higher education and vocational education (other than schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other health-related schools for which the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible), and public libraries. Complaints related to employment are referred to the EEOC or are reviewed by the Office of Civil Right in the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education web site has information about ADA as does ADA National Access for Public Schools Project.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces Title I provisions prohibiting discrimination in employment against qualified individuals with disabilities. The EEOC investigates complaints filed by job applicants or employees who believe they have been discriminated against under the ADA. The EEOC web site has a section on enforcement activities, guidances, and policies.

Department of Transportation enforces and provides technical assistance concerning the ADA provisions that require nondiscrimination in public and private mass transportation systems and services. A site search resulted in a list of ADA references on the DOT web site.

Federal Communications Commission enforces and provides technical assistance concerning the telecommunication provisions of Title IV of the ADA, which require that companies offering telephone service to the general public offer telephone relay services to individuals who use TDDs or similar devices. The FCC also enforces the requirements for closed captioning of federally produced or federally funded television public service announcements. The FCC web site has a section on disability issues.





Our web site will be compiling enforcement activities by category in the near future. We feel this will be especially helpful to our site visitors - If you own a restaurant, you will be able to quickly find how compliance has been enforced at other restaurant properties - You will see how and where employment provisions are being enforced - You will gain a sense of enforcement for newly constructed facilities - Or if you are concerned about your local government's programs, you can gain insight by reviewing that type of enforcement.



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