Thread Subject: Re: Updated Products from Workgroup

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Tue, Jul 10 2007 9:30 PM

Hmmm



Can we think of a clearer way to say this? I can't understand this
sentence. Is there a word or phrase missing?



National Security nor any other exception can be based upon the physical or
mental abilities of the end-users job prerequisites, or "fitness for duty
requirements".




Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.






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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:09 PM
To: TEITAC Subpart A Subcommittee
Subject: Re: [teitac-subparta] Updated Products from Workgroup

All:

An item I have forgotten to bring up during our exciting discussions of
subpart A is that it would be nice to include a statement to specifically
note that there is *NOT* an exception for fitness of duty personnel. many
many times 508 coordinators are faced with the concept that "we are buying
this for law enforcement or military personnel", and so nobody with a
disability will use it.

I think an additional sentence in the national security exception stating:
National Security nor any other exception can be based upon the physical or
mental abilities of the end-users job prerequisites, or "fitness for duty
requirements".

If we can hash this out during the week, I'd like to raise this next week
during discussion.

My fault for not raising this earlier, sorry.

Allen Hoffman
Department of Homeland Security, office on Accessible Systems & Technology

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