The committee encourages
OGIS to "highlight the issues with proactive disclosure and 508 compliance in its report to Congress by recommending that legislation be enacted to clarify agency requirements under the Rehabilitation Act, especially as they relate to proactive posting of large numbers of records." A copy of the subcommittee memo of recommendations related to accessibility can be found at archives .gov/files/proactive-disclosure-subcommittee-accessibility-recommendations-final.pdf.
OGIS was created under the OPEN Government Act of 2007 to serve as an ombudsman between FOIA requesters and federal agencies.
"Her extensive experience with FOIA at both the administrative stage and in federal court litigation, knowledge of National Archives and commitment to open government will serve her well in her position as director of OGIS."
PVA's IPAA OGIS presentation is scheduled for April 21, 2009 at 2:50 p.m.
The IPAA OGIS presentation will be webcast and a link to the webcast will be provided prior to the presentation at PVA's website, www.pennvirginia.com.
According to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency, the Ogis presented a Swiss music box to the imperial couple during the meeting, which was followed by a luncheon.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday met with Swiss President Adolf Ogi and his wife Kathrin in Geneva on the first leg of their four-nation European trip and took time out for a sightseeing trip to the Old Town.
OGIS is responsible for mediating disputes between FOIA requesters and the agencies processing those requests and for recommending policy changes to Congress and the president for how FOIA processing can operate more efficiently and transparently, Nextgov said.
OGI is a serious eye trauma where the wall of the eye has been ruptured and it can lead to permanent loss of vision.
BBC Wales's head of education and learning, Eleri Wyn Lewis, said, ``Children live in a make-believe world much of the time and the idea with Bobinogs is to address that, using fantasy friends like Nib, Bobin and
Ogi to teach children early social skills like sharing, going to the toilet and being friends.
"But
OGI has a really fabulous critical mass of people in the synthetic speech arena, which I think will help make Oregon one of the four major centers of speech technology in the country," the other three being Boston, Palo Alto and Pittsburgh.
In this interview with Oregon Business, OHSU President Peter Kohler and
OGI President Ed Thompson discuss how the combined medical expertise of OHSU and the science/technology acumen of
OGI can help position the university and the state of Oregon for leadership in the emerging biotech market.