- From: Jeffrey pledger <jpledger@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:29:08 -0800
- To: Melinda Morris-Black <melinda@ink.org>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Actually, the government is not robbing us of our rights, but protecting us. i know this sounds paradoxical, but it is true. For any NOI (notice of inquiry), NPRM (notice of proposed rule making), etc. the government must follow the procedures established in the apa (i believe it is known as the Americans procedural Act) of 1947, which outlines the procedures of putting the NOI and NPRM out for comment for a specific time period. The problem is that when they do this and get a large response to a particular NPRM, they (the government) is obligated to read each and every one of the responses, corrolate them and summarize them into specific response categories, if possible. They do this with a limited staff. This is not to say that i don't get frustrated either, but just an expalnation of the process. Jeffrey Pledger President, AbleTV.net At 03:26 PM 2/25/00 -0600, Melinda Morris-Black wrote: >I think you are correct about the bureaucracy part. However, being thorough >can take time, if it's anything like our listserve. :) > >The linked announcement mentions that "..the standards will be published in >the Federal Register and be made available for public comment", so it sounds >like it will eventually be opened up. > >Kynn Bartlett wrote: > >> http://www.access-board.gov/508Update.htm >> >> Maybe I'm just too trusting of gummit workers, but this seems more >> like typical bureaucracy slowness than any sort of concerted >> conspiracy to derive us of our rights. :) > >-- >Regards, > >MELINDA MORRIS-BLACK >Information Architect >Information Networks of Kansas >FON: (785) 296-5143 >PCS: (785) 550-7345 >FAX: (785) 296-5563 >melinda@ink.org > > >
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