- From: Chris Hasser <chasser@immerse.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 07:41:43 -0700
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This information may be useful: Center for Technology in Government University at Albany 1535 Western Avenue Albany NY 12203 (518) 442-3892 http://www.ctg.albany.edu They are hosting a workshop: Designing the Digital Government of the 21st Century: A Multidispliplinary Workshop The workshop is this October near Washington, DC You might also try working with somebody from Congress -- if they can mandate clauses in government contracts about not using foreign-flagged surface ships and boycotting Toshiba products, they can certainly have a clause requiring contracted services to conform to the ADA. A final note: I.M.H.O., your comment about contracting officers was not quite complete. When a contracting officer writes a statement of work, technical details are often supplied by someone more closely involved in the area in question. So efforts to educate government technology officers would not be in vain. You might consider targeting the chief information officer for each cabinet department for a letter from the WAI. Chris Hasser Immersion Corp. -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Robert Neff Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 5:45 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Cc: susan.brummel@gsa.gov; karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov; dnickerson@vdacs.state.va.us Subject: WAI and govt contracts WAI: I am interested to know if there are any solicitations for WEB services from the US (DoD or Federal Agency), State or Local governments that require compliance with the American Disabilties Act, discuss universal accessibility, or WAI? Seems to me that if we are asking for compliance (without standards) then we should be educating and pushing the Government Procurement personnel, such as the Contracting Office and Project Managers. In reality, we know its a requirement, but until we educate the people that write the government solicitations, progress will be slowed. The Contracting Officers are the ones that we need to target for education and the best way to accomplish this goal is to provide guidance. Basically, help them write it (so to speak). Has the WAI addressed this? Please note that Susan and Karl are with GSA's Center for IT Accommodation (CITA). Susan is the Director. Susan (or Karl): Do you know if this has been addressed? /rob
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