all governments are run by the top 300 corperate heads in the world and have a desire to be managed by those out to make a buck. Yet they say outsourcing saves money? </rant> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: Re: Now FEMA Is Insisting On Windows > > Well, when you live in an "ownership society" you can be sure that > somebody owns the government. > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 09:51:40AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Not that this is by any means the most serious problem over at the > > Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but it's bad enough: > > > > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/06/fema_to_mac_linux_us.html > > > > As someone there points out, this requirement for MS IE 6 is very likely > > also a violation of Federal law--the Sec. 508 requirements of PL > > 105-220: > > > > http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508law.html > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (14% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > or you could Jabber me, using JID chuckh at hhs48.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup