[acbny-l] Re: computer access
- From: "John R. Jeavons" <jeavons@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <acbny-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:17:39 -0400
It will be interesting to watch as these employees progress in their =
careers...
and to see how many more blind workers get employed by that state.
John Jeavons
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Subject: [acbny-l] computer access
Subject: Computer access
> The Associated Press State & Local Wire Friday, July 11, 2003
> Computer system's software held up pending lawsuit
> LITTLE ROCK
>
> A judge has barred the state from installing parts of a computer =
system
that
> cannot be accessed by blind employees.
>
> Pulaski County Circuit Judge Collins Kilgore issued a temporary =
injunction
> Thursday, saying "the state won't install any ... software that =
doesn't
> comply with Act 1227 of 1999."
>
> Kilgore said technology purchased with state money for employee or =
public
> use must be accessible to the disabled.
>
> In July 2001, Donna Hartzell and Larry Wayland sued Gov. Mike =
Huckabee
and
> other state officials. The two blind employees contend the Arkansas
> Administrative Statewide Information System lacks a synthesized speech =
or
> Braille program. Without the programs, they say they cannot do their
jobs.
>
> "Mr. Wayland and Ms. Hartzell are injured by the state's illegal =
usage
of
> a computer system that is inaccessible to them," attorney Joseph Espo =
said
> during Thursday's hearing.
>
> Assistant Attorney General Anthony Black argued that because the =
system's
> performance-based budgeting component has not yet been installed, the
> employees have not been harmed.
>
> He said the state's contract with SAP, the company that provides the
> software, requires the system to comply with the federal Americans =
With
> Disabilities Act.
>
> "The state fully expects that SAP will fully comply with the =
contract,"
> Black told the judge. "The issue is best resolved as a contract =
matter
> between the parties."
>
> A trial date for the lawsuit has not been set.
>
>
>
>
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