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From: Bourne, Sarah (ITD)
Date: Oct 6, 2011 9:15AM

I noticed this post on GovLoop, a social site for people who work in government. It's built on Ning, which had some accessibility problems the last time I looked at it closely, so I've pasted it in below. I would be happy to pass along any comments if you have trouble using the site for comments or don't have/want an account.

I don't see any references to accessibility, which always worries me. It would be great if any of you have a chance to look at this and get these students pointed in the right direction!
"Help test new government suggestion app" on GovLoop - Social Network for Government
To view this discussion, visit:
http://www.govloop.com/group/government20club/forum/topic/show?id=1154385%3ATopic%3A1924302

New Jersey Institute of Technology students are creating a prototype suggestion box app for government that the Center for Government Interoperability will make open source and free to all state and federal government.
Can you please test the ongoing versions as they are updated and send suggestions on how to improve the app?
The first draft, intentionally pretty rough to initiate discussion, is located here: https://sites.google.com/site/cfgiodevelopers/all-individual-projects/specific-app-suggestion-box
Please post comments and suggestions for the app on this forum.
Part two of their project will be the nationwide citizen engagement app: http://www.gov-ideas.com/citizen-suggestion-database.htm

Thanks!
Alex Glaros
www.gov-ideas.com<;http://www.gov-ideas.com/>;