[blindlaw] "Question" Posting

[Ronza Othman]

Hi Ross and All,

Thanks for your messages on this and the Schedule A topics.  Both are
interesting and thought provoking.  I do not believe that there was anything
wrong with the message or topic raised as well.  We simply want to avoid
having discussions that criticize another person for his or her beliefs or
position, so we tend to prefer to stay away from partisan messages.
However, topics like methods for hiring people with disabilities are
cross-cutting, and therefore relavant.

I have worked on Schedule A implementation in the federal government, and I
believe that it does work.  However, I also believe that, like any other
program, it has its problems.  For example, I was surprised and dismayed to
learn this week that very few people know that the Schedule A regulations
are being revised, so the public is not commenting or providing OPM with any
feedback or suggestions.

Some states have "mini Schedule A" laws on the books, but not as many as
we'd like.  Perhaps we need an organized effort to have the states that
don't have them enact some, and perhaps we need to work to strengthen the
laws in the states that do?  

What other ideas do list members have for increasing the employment of
people with disabilities?  Other than the President's Executive Order
mandating that each federal agency set a goal, approved by OPM, and achieve
it by 2015, for the hiring of individuals with disabilities, and other than
the new mandate that federal contractors, in order to receive federal money,
must have a certain percentage of their staff have disabilities, what else
can be done?  The federal government is the largest employer of people with
disabilities in the country.  How can we insentivise it for state and local
governments to hire people with disabilities?  What about the private
sector?  Do you think that a tax insentive for reaching a certain percentage
of employment of people with disabilities would work?  

I'd love to hear your ideas.

Regards,
Ronza


-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Scott C.
LaBarre
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 1:31 AM
To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] "Question" Posting

Ross, your post was not inappropriate and the discussion it has engendered
is most useful.  I wonder too about the efficacy of Schedule A type
programs.  It is clearly an issue we need to address.  Keep up your good
work and good posts!

Best,
Scott LaBarre, President

NABL 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:45 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] "Question" Posting

Hello List:

I am the one who posted the "question" about why disabled job seekers aren't
being asked for binders full of their resumes to get more of "us" into the
workplace. It was my blatant reference to a comment made during the
presidential debate.

In view of the on list and off list reprimands I have received about the
posting, I feel that I should go onto the list and apologize for posting
what is, as it has been pointed out to me repeatedly, an off topic message.

I had thought that, in view of the underlying unemployment  issues that face
those of us on the list, and those of us who regularly post job listings,
such as myself and Noel Nightengale, that an idea to improve the employment
situation would be net with some positive thought provocation.

 Since I was wrong, I apologize to the list as a whole for my off topic
posting. It will not happen again.

Ross A. Doerr Attorney at law

 

 
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