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From: Greg Wocher
Date: May 26, 2014 11:33AM
Subject: Advice needed
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Hello everyone,
First off I want to apologize for this rather lengthy e-mail with a
vague subject line but I did not know where else to get advice. I will
be graduating college at the end of June and my ceremony will be in
July. I am getting a bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems
specializing in Web Development and Administration. I am 38 years old
and I am also a single father. In one of my final classes I am being
asked to do research on companies I would like to work for. What I am
wanting to do is to turn my degree into first testing web sites and web
applications for accessibility so I can get exposure to things like the
WCAG on a professional level. I eventually want to start doing
development work, helping to create accessible websites and web
applications. What would be a good way to research companies that do
this kind of work? There are some other factors at the moment that make
it necessary for me to work at home if possible. It is not just
important anymore for websites and web applications to be accessible it
is becoming a necessity since so many services are going online. Thank
you for reading this long e-mail of mine.
Greg Wocher
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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: May 27, 2014 9:02AM
Subject: Re: Advice needed
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Hi, Greg - from one single father to another, welcome!
you could do a random web search for "accessibility remediation" or "Section 508 remediation", "accessible Word/PDF/PowerPoint/fill-in-the-blank.
I do have a listing of such companies, that I can happily share with you if you'd like. Is your research to find such companies or to study some aspect about them?
Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer
10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17
Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop: 4833
(301) 402-3924 Voice, (301) 451-9326 TTY/NTS
(240) 200 5030 Videophone; (301) 402-4464 Fax
NIH Section 508: http://508.nih.gov, NIH Section 508 Coordinators list: https://ocio.nih.gov/ITGovPolicy/NIH508/Pages/Section508Coordinators.aspx
NIH Section 508 Team: mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ?subject=Section 508 Help or, for Section 508 Guidance, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html
Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
WHAT IF THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, "WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT IT JUSTIFIES EXCLUSION? INSTEAD OF, "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE?