BSI promotes Web accessibility standards
Mac User - The British Standards Institute has published new guidelines for the development of websites that are accessible to disabled people. The BSI says that its PAS 78 'Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites' is applicable to anyone

Legal issue sank Water Taxi funds
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Support for publicly financing Water Taxi evaporated among Broward County commissioners after they were told in a rare, closed-door meeting last month that the ferry service did not meet basic standards for accessibility for the disabled and posed a

May 2004
BeSpacific - Security Survey of Financial Institutions Around the World From Deloitte, the 2004 Global Security Survey (36 pages, pdf). "The goal of [the survey] is to help participants assess the state of information security within their organization relative

Call for disabled internet revolt
The Register - The Disability Rights Commission plans to call upon disabled internet users to rise up against inaccessible website owners and help it take complaints with the force of law. The rabble-rousing message will be broadcast by the DRC following the launch

Broward To Spend $10 Million On Making Bus Stops Handicap-Accessible
Click10.com - BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A bus ride will get a little easier for handicapped residents living in Broward County. County commissioners agreed Tuesday to pay more than $10 million over the next five years to make bus stops more accessible to disabled