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U.S. Access Board - Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Updated to Incorporate Revised 508 Standards
The U.S. Access Board is a federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards for the built environment, transportation, communication, medical diagnostic equipment, and information technology.

Finally!

Also, this was supposed to happen in 2017 but the Trump administration explicitly killed it as part of their summer-of-2017 regulation freeze. Never forgiving Republicans for this. The accessibility community spent *years* fighting with the Access Board and the Justice Department over this, and when we finally got things into place for this to happen during the Obama administration, the Trump administration decided to just flip both the accessibility community and Americans with disabilities the middle finger and put it on indefinite hold. We could have been four years closer to government resources every American, including those with disabilities, can use. Instead, we’re just getting started. So no, “We didn’t think” is not going to cut it as a response from Republicans.

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FPWellman Unfiltered #1 - The one about Uday lookalikes, cold sheep, and Google
This is the inaugural issue of my newsletter that I hope you will enjoy. My idea is to go into more depth on the stories I tell and the lessons I've learned in a long life of service, loss and renewal. This is a story about all of those things. For now, learn more about a great man who opened my eyes to the plight of our partners.