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<DIV>Update from White House -</DIV>
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<DIV>Recognizing that we still needed to do more, in July 2011, the President announced an effort to develop a strategic plan for Section 508 and the intent to share the strategy with the public. <A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/07/26/anniversary-americans-disabilities-act-obama-administration-recommits-en">http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/07/26/anniversary-americans-disabilities-act-obama-administration-recommits-en</A> To support development of this plan, senior officials and staff from across the Executive Office of the President have met with advocacy groups, Section 508 coordinators, the CIOC Accessibility Committee, the Access Board, the General Services Administration, and other key stakeholders inside and outside the government. We have taken the information from the listening sessions as well as all the input received through various stakeholder meetings and pulled together a framework for the next phase in our efforts to improve Section 508 management. </DIV>
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<DIV>That's where you come in. </DIV>
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<DIV>Before proceeding further with development of the strategic plan, we are seeking your input and expertise. Taking into account ideas from all the stakeholders we've met with so far, we posted a strategy document on <A href="http://www.section508.ideascale.com">www.section508.ideascale.com</A> [ <A href="http://www.section508.ideascale.com">http://www.section508.ideascale.com</A> ]. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline! important; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">We are seeking your comments on what has been proposed, encouraging you to propose broad management strategies, tactics, and actions than can ultimately hep Federal agencies better comply with Section 508. <SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline! important; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Select this link for</SPAN><A style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(20,91,130); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" href="http://section508strategy.ideascale.com/a/pages/dialogue"><B style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 14px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; border-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>more information about the goals for this dialogue</B></A><SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline! important; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and the next steps to be completed when this dialogue ends on</SPAN><B style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 14px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-VARIANT: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>April 9, 2012</B><SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline! important; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px/16px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>