This was published on 28 February, and anticipates the UK plan to merge the equalities bodies for sex, race and disability into a new Commission for Equality...
This post is a direct invitation to all interested parties to contribute towards a research project on which the Foundation for Information Technology is...
Ruth et al BESA is looking at educational procurement with/for its members. It occurs to me that the accessibility agenda should be represented. I wondered if...
The US Section 508 legislation is being reviewed, and input is being actively sought from experts and interested parties external to the USA. There is a Wiki...
This is the standard that was previously Technical Specification ISO/TS 16071, Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Guidance on software accessibility. It...
Below is the announcement of a new area of the RNIB website. It covers a great deal more than procurement, but there is a hefty section on procurement that may...
It's been a long time since any traffic came through this list, for which I apologise. I would like to revive the activity here, and I have a few news items...
CALL FOR TENDERS Study on the specific policy needs for ICT standardisation <http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/calls/calls.html#153420-2005> (Deadline:...
This draft mandate was drawn up by an EU DG (forgive me if I don't quote chapter and verse) based on the discussions at the meeting in Brussels in October...
A timescale has been published for the new provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act that became law in April 2005. There are two significant dates: 5...
Dear all OGC (the Office for Government Commerce) is the UK department responsible for taking the recent European Procurement Directives and incorporating them...
This is an excerpt from the EDF (European Disability Forum) newsletter about public procurement developments in Norway. ******************** NORWAY - New...
Workshop on Designing Accessible Website - June 16, 2005 at Bangalore _____________________________________________________________________ People with...
This is a notice of a seminar taking place in London next week, aimed at companies hoping to win business from UK Government. ... How To Win More E-Government...
The publication includes a chapter about IT policies and procurement, but that is enough for me to forward the announcement to this list! Best wishes Ruth ...
For those Europeans on this list, you may wish to contribute to this EU consultation. Best wishes and Happy New Year Ruth ... Dear Colleague, As you might be...
This is the latest consultation, with a very short timescale for responses - 21 January. I hope those with an interest in accessibility standards in public...
Hello I hope you can get somebody to reply to me with info as this could really help me. I have extreme difficulty using Norton Antivirus with Window-Eyes 4.5,...
International Workshop on Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement in the ICT domain Brussels 19-21 October 2004 I believe that there are still a very...
I hope some of you managed to respond to the previous OGC consultation on public procurement. This time the consultation document is from the Dept for Work and...
Regretfully, we cannot send any representative from the Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility (MALTA) to this event. Still, I wish to express our...
There is only one week left to submit a proposal for a presentation at RNIB's Techshare conference, which takes place in Birmingham UK on 18-19 November 2004....
Attached is a document announcing an international workshop on accessibility requirements for public procurement in the ICT domain, taking place on 19-21 ...
The deadline for responses to the Office of Government Commerce consultation on the EU Procurement Directives is 9 August, just 2 weeks away. More information...
Following the DRC report we have begun to put some ideas together to develop a funding portal to signpost users in need of AT as to the best route to fund...
For those list members in the UK, it would be very valuable for the promotion of accessibility in IT procurement if you were to consider a response to the...
I haven't had the chance to review these documents yet, but thought I'd better forward them sooner rather than later. It is highly likely that RNIB will submit...
Charles Thank you for your introduction, and for your previous message pointing us at the work of Euroaccessiblity. I've had a brief look, and there are ...
Progress towards our objectives is slow, but there are a number of things to report. 1. Within RNIB we have adopted a set of standards based on ISO 16071, and ...
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