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Re: Equalities Review and public procurement

Loebl, Ruth — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:56:19 GMT

The URL has now been changed: look at http://www.theequalitiesreview.org.uk/publications instead. Alternative formats are now available too. Best wishes ...

Equalities Review and public procurement

Loebl, Ruth — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:34:13 GMT

This was published on 28 February, and anticipates the UK plan to merge the equalities bodies for sex, race and disability into a new Commission for Equality

Measuring the cost of exclusion

stanleydebono — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:48:42 GMT

This post is a direct invitation to all interested parties to contribute towards a research project on which the Foundation for Information Technology is

DRC guidance on procurement and the DED

Loebl, Ruth — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:00:57 GMT

You may be interested to know that the DRC's specific information on DED and procurement has been published (dated December 2006) at:

Re: FW: The changing UK marketplace for educational resources - yo

Adrian Higginbotham — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:17:54 GMT

Ian - all: A couple of points arising from your question - yes of course the Accessibility angle should be raised as part of the procurement work. You might

Re: FW: The changing UK marketplace for educational resources - yo

Loebl, Ruth — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:06:27 GMT

Hi Ian I recently attended a workshop held by Becta, where discussion of 'reasonable adjustments' overlapped with guidelines for procurement and educational

FW: The changing UK marketplace for educational resources - your p

Ian Litterick — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:07:39 GMT

Ruth et al BESA is looking at educational procurement with/for its members. It occurs to me that the accessibility agenda should be represented. I wondered if

Refresh of Section 508

Loebl, Ruth — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:42:10 GMT

The US Section 508 legislation is being reviewed, and input is being actively sought from experts and interested parties external to the USA. There is a Wiki

Draft International Standard ISO 9241-171

Loebl, Ruth — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:00:13 GMT

This is the standard that was previously Technical Specification ISO/TS 16071, Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Guidance on software accessibility. It

Launch of Software Access Centre

Loebl, Ruth — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:07:54 GMT

Below is the announcement of a new area of the RNIB website. It covers a great deal more than procurement, but there is a hefty section on procurement that may

Revival of this Yahoo list

Loebl, Ruth — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:08:22 GMT

It's been a long time since any traffic came through this list, for which I apologise. I would like to revive the activity here, and I have a few news items

Study on the specific policy needs for ICT standardisation

Loebl, Ruth — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:14:36 GMT

CALL FOR TENDERS Study on the specific policy needs for ICT standardisation (Deadline:

FW: Request for lobbying the national member of the 98/34 Committee

Loebl, Ruth — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:13:51 GMT

This draft mandate was drawn up by an EU DG (forgive me if I don't quote chapter and verse) based on the discussions at the meeting in Brussels in October

UK DDA new provisions

Loebl, Ruth — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:14:26 GMT

A timescale has been published for the new provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act that became law in April 2005. There are two significant dates: 5

FW: OGC/Sustainable Procurement Group note: Social Issues in Purcha

Loebl, Ruth — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:29:47 GMT

Dear all OGC (the Office for Government Commerce) is the UK department responsible for taking the recent European Procurement Directives and incorporating them