“In the summer of 2010, Peter Mosinskis from California State University Channel Islands assembled a team of approximately fifteen volunteers from seven different CSU campuses and one from the UC system to evaluate the accessibility of Google Apps. The team also recruited student volunteers and screen reader users to assist with the testing. Automated, manual, and screen reader testing began the first week of January 2011 and was completed February 4th. The report has been completed and posted here for your review. The CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Staff, ATI Leadership Council, and Google have reviewed the Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation report. We discovered a number of accessibility issues during our testing. These issues are outlined in the report as well as “workarounds” that can be used to improve the user experience for persons with disabilities. When campuses choose to use Google Apps, they are required to provide an equally effective service for people with disabilities and it is critical for campuses to ensure that the “workarounds” meet the educational needs of the student and/or faculty. The March 15, 2011 USA TODAY online news article Complaint: Google programs hard for blind students illustrates possible legal problems that may result from adopting the Google Apps for Education suite.”
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Daily Archives: June 24, 2011
GPO : Authenticity of Electronic Federal Government Publications
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has released a new authentication white paper, Authenticity of Electronic Federal Government Publications, which describes GPO’s authentication program and latest activities to ensure its role as a trusted source for disseminating official and authentic Federal government publications to the public. GPO first defined its strategy for electronic content authentication… Continue Reading
Google Posts About FTC's Formal Notification of Business Review
Follow up to posting, WSJ: FTC Plans to Serve Google With Subpoenas, from the Official Google Blog: “At Google, weve always focused on putting the user first. We aim to provide relevant answers as quickly as possibleand our product innovation and engineering talent have delivered results that users seem to like, in a world where… Continue Reading
CBO's 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook: Testimony Before the House Budget Committee
CBO’s 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook: Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf before the Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives, June 23, 2011 “As the economy continues to recover and the policies adopted to counteract the recession phase out, budget deficits will probably decline markedly in the next few years. But the budget outlook, for… Continue Reading
Moody's – Credit Card Revival Supports U.S. Consumer Spending
Scott Hoyt: “U.S. consumers cut spending dramatically during the recession. Even as growth has returned, the level of spending remains low and there is much pent-up demand. One constraint has been the lack of borrowing. Consumer liabilities continue to decline dramatically. A large portion of this decline is due to lenders writing off debt as… Continue Reading
Lawmakers Seek Smarter National, Homeland Security Through Federal Agency Job Rotation
News release: “A bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators introduced bills in the House and Senate Thursday to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal governments national and homeland security missions by encouraging the government-wide integration of Executive Branch employees working in those areas. The Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011, S.1268 and H.2314, would… Continue Reading
Truth About Wireless Phones and the National Do-Not-Call List
FCC: “You may be one of many consumers who have received emails saying youre about to be assaulted by unwanted telemarketing calls to your wireless phone. Rest assured that placing telemarketing calls to wireless phones is — and always has been — illegal in most cases. Why the Confusion? The confusion seems to stem from… Continue Reading
