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What isn't said in the article is whether this is an award or an extra
tacked onto a web access consulting contract that the Federation had with
these entities. I am suspicious because no objective and measurable
criteria were listed nor was it stated how the decision was made.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Boots" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:45 AM
Subject: eNews: Social Security eNews June 2003
> Following is from the Social Security ENews.
>
> Social Security eNews
> Published June 2003
> Issue 42
>
> To read our illustrated online version, go to
> http://www.socialsecurity.gov/enews/last.htm
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND RECOGNIZE OUR WEBSITE
>
> Our redesigned website has been lauded by the National Federation of
the
> Blind (NFB), the nation's largest and most influential membership
> organization of blind people. NFB announced Social Security,
> Hewlett-Packard and Wells Fargo as the first recipients of its
"Nonvisual
> Accessibility Web Application Certification."
>
> "We created the certification process so that Internet accessibility
> leaders, such as these, could be publicly recognized by the NFB for
their
> efforts," said Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the NFB. "We hope that
more
> companies and organizations will follow the example that these
innovators
> have set and make web accessibility a priority in their organizations."
>
>
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