AIGP AT&T Assistant Inspector General for Policy, Planning and Resources CTI-ATC DAFIS DART DBE Configuration Management Certified Public Accountant Collegiate Training Initiative for Air Traffic Controllers Departmental Accounting and Financial Information System Disadvantaged Business Enterprise TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1994. U.S. ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION WITNESSES JUDITH E. HEUMANN, CHAIRPERSON, ACCESS BOARD AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION S. CRAIG KISER, VICE CHAIRMAN, ACCESS BOARD, PUBLIC MEMBER, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA R. JACK POWELL, CHAIR, PLANNING AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, AC- LAWRENCE W. ROFFEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACCESS BOARD JUDITH H. HASLAM, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE AND EN- DAVID M. CAPOZZI, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TECHNICAL AND INFORMATION SERVICES, ACCESS BOARD OPENING REMARKS Mr. PRICE. The Committee will continue now with officials of the United States Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, better known as the Access Board. Our principal witness today will be Judith E. Heumann, Chairperson of the Access Board and Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the Department of Education. She is accompanied by S. Craig Kiser, the Vice Chairman of the Access Board, by R. Jack Powell, the Chairman of the Access Board's Planning and Budget Committee and a public member of the board from Sanford, Florida. The budget request of the Access Board totals $3,244,000 in 1995, representing a decrease of $104,000 below the amount provided in 1994. During our questions, of course, we will want to explore the effect of this very tight budget on Access Board operations. Ms. Heumann, we will put your biographical sketch in the record at this point and we will be happy to insert the full text of your statement and we invite you to abbreviate it in your oral presentation. Ms. Heumann. Ms. HEUMANN. For brevity, what I would like to say, we appreciate the opportunity to be here with you this morning. We know that you come from the great State of North Carolina, which has been one of the leaders in access for many years; access for children and adults, which is very novel. About 90 percent of your fixed route system, bus system, is already accessible. Mr. PRICE. I didn't know we were doing quite that well, but we have certainly worked hard as we replace buses and get new buses (369) |