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National Federation of the Blind, oldest consumer organization of blind people providing an array of programs targeted to the blind in business, as well as an array of other constituencies; Braille Readers are Leaders, in 2007 Congress mandated the minting of the Louis Braille commemorative coin. Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America, Inc.
In 1938, President Roosevelt signed the Wagner-O'Day Act which directed the government to purchase products manufactured by blind Americans. [3] Robert Irwin, who was the executive director of the American Foundation for the Blind, and Peter Salmon, the assistant director for the Industrial Home for the Blind, promoted the bill in Washington, D.C. [3] This act gave non-profit organizations for ...
For example, Colorado has the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA); [11] in New Jersey the law is known as the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). [12] There are many degrees of accessibility to public records between states, with some making it fairly easy to request and receive documents, and others with many exemptions and restricted categories of ...
A bill was drawn up and presented to the 45th Congress. An Act to Promote the Education of the Blind became a law on March 3, 1879. The American Printing House for the Blind was designated as the official source of educational texts and aids for legally blind students throughout the country—a mandate that continues to the present.
In the United States, vital records are typically maintained at both the county [1] and state levels. [2] In the United Kingdom and numerous other countries vital records are recorded in the civil registry. In the United States, vital records are public and in most cases can be viewed by anyone in person at the governmental authority. [3]
The National Archives Office of Innovation is primarily concerned with improving the public access to government records as well as allowing for better working conditions and equipment to National Archives staff members. [9] The office is headed by a Chief Innovation Officer who as of 2017 was Pamela Wright.
The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) was a database of death records created from the United States Social Security Administration's Death Master File until 2014. Since 2014, public access to the updated Death Master File has been via the Limited Access Death Master File certification program instituted under Title 15 Part 1110.
New Jersey Open Public Records Act: N.J.S.A. §§ 47:1A-1 to 47:1A-13 2002 [42] Citizens of the state/commonwealth New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act NMSA §§ 14-2-1 to 14-2-12 1993 [43] Any person New York New York Freedom of Information Law Pub. Off. §§ 84 to 90 1974 [44] Any person North Carolina North Carolina Public Records Law