Europe aspires to expand Internet availability, accessibility
Ars Technica - The W3C's web accessibility guidelines primarily address the needs of disabled individuals, like blind users that require screen reader technologies, or users with cognitive impairments that can't process visual media fast enough to interact with

Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe?
ZDNet - According to recent research, 81 percent of Web sites in the United Kingdom are inaccessible to disabled people, while a separate report found that only 3 percent of European public-sector Web sites met W3C accessibility guidelines. A representative

LOOMY.NET AWARDED AS BEST PRACTICE BY DEA PROJECT
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - 12 hours ago... highly accessible in terms of technology needed (a PC and the internet connection) and is for free, while also respecting all accessibility guidelines in terms ...

Berners-Lee applies Web 2.0 to improve accessibility
Out-Law - Version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG, has been long awaited and the working draft is near completion: a 'last call' for public comment closes on 31st May. Berners-Lee is not suggesting that WCAG 2.0 will present a quick

Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe?
ZDNet - According to recent research, 81 percent of Web sites in the United Kingdom are inaccessible to disabled people, while a separate report found that only 3 percent of European public-sector Web sites met W3C accessibility guidelines. A representative

User Experience / Information Architect
Digital Bulletin, UK - 4 hours ago... You'll act as the guardian of all accessibility guidelines for the agency and review all key IA documentation before it goes out. ...

NEW WEB PORTAL FOR ENGINEERS FROM EMERALD
pressbox.co.uk - Emerald Group Publishing is launching a new web portal. The Emerald Engineering web portal is an online, comprehensive and focused information resource for engineers: http://engineering.emeraldinsight.com. To celebrate the new service, Emerald is

County auditor reverses voting site decision
Iowa City Press-Citizen - To find the polling place for each precinct, visit www.johnson-county.com/auditor/voter/precinct.htm. The six changed polling place locations are: Precinct: Fremont (includes Lone Tree) will vote at Lone Tree School, 303 S. Devoe St. The

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Polk County Democrat - Stewart Appointed To U.S. Access Board President George W. Bush has appointed Elizabeth A. Stewart of Winter Haven as a public member to the U.S. Access Board, a federal agency on accessibility for persons with disabilities and accessible design

Accessibility Issue Comes to a Head
Computerworld - " Some educational projects are better than others. I think Kid's Programming Language is cool. It gives kids (of all " Read more " A year ago I discussed how corporate software development is failing to satisfy business users on two fronts

OSS giving voice to the disabled
Tectonic - It's one thing relying on proprietary technology to write a document, touch up a photograph, or send an email. But the stakes are much higher when the technology may be your only communication link to the world. This is the reality for people like

Ex Libris Integrates the Vivisimo Velocity Clustering Engine into
Forbes - The Ex Libris(TM) Group and Vivisimo Inc. today announce that they have signed an OEM agreement for bundling Vivisimo's Velocity Clustering Engine with version 4 of MetaLib(R)--the Ex Libris library portal. On-the-fly subject clustering will provide

Lawyer Picked for National Spot
Ledger - WINTER HAVEN -- President Bush wants one of Polk County's own to have input at the federal level when it comes to access for the disabled. Elizabeth A. Stewart, a Winter Haven lawyer, has been appointed to the U.S. Access Board after she served 20

County auditor reverses voting site decision
Iowa City Press-Citizen - To find the polling place for each precinct, visit www.johnson-county.com/auditor/voter/precinct.htm. The six changed polling place locations are: Precinct: Fremont (includes Lone Tree) will vote at Lone Tree School, 303 S. Devoe St. The

Inside this section:
Polk County Democrat - Stewart Appointed To U.S. Access Board President George W. Bush has appointed Elizabeth A. Stewart of Winter Haven as a public member to the U.S. Access Board, a federal agency on accessibility for persons with disabilities and accessible design

Financial Education Council Names Officers
Polk County Democrat - Stewart Appointed To U.S. Access Board President George W. Bush has appointed Elizabeth A. Stewart of Winter Haven as a public member to the U.S. Access Board, a federal agency on accessibility for persons with disabilities and accessible design

Accessibility Issue Comes to a Head
Computerworld - " Then run, don't walk, to get a copy of E. M. Bennatan's new book: "Catastrophe Disentanglement: Getting Software " Read more " Things haven't been the same at the IT shop where this pilot fish works -- not since Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Website redesign bolsters CBC News improvements
CBC News - Tony Burman is Editor in Chief of CBC News which includes news, current affairs and Newsworld. He is CBC's chief journalist, in charge of editorial content on radio, television and the internet. With more than 30 years' experience, he has

COUNTY IN BRIEF
Maui News - KIPAHULU A tour helicopter made a precautionary landing Monday morning near Waimoku Falls in East Maui, officials said. No injuries were reported to the occupants, who were picked up by another aircraft to resume the tour after the 10 a.m

Four Citizens Clamor for City Council s Ear
Harvard Crimson - Every week, before Cambridge s city council gets down to business, it opens the floor for public comment. During this period, any Cantabrigian may address the council for three minutes about any item on that day s agenda. A core group of

National conference on public sector web accessibility
Out-Law - The Scottish Executive is supporting a conference on public sector web accessibility to educate public sector web professionals in the latest accessibility guidelines, including PAS 78 and the next version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines