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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Stuart Wittenstein
[mailto:swittenstein@csb-cde.ca.gov]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 29, 2009 7:57
AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: Breaking News - Attorney General Issues New Call to
Action<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi CAC
members,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I thought you’d be interested in
this message from the federal government re: hiring goals for persons with
disabilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please note that the author of this
message is our graduation speaker on Monday, June 1 at 1 PM. Please make
it down to CSB if you can to listen to Ollie Cantos give CSB’s 149<SUP>th</SUP>
commencement address.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">S</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">tuart Wittenstein, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Superintendent<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">California</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> for the Blind<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">500 Walnut
Avenue</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fremont</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">94536</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">510-794-3800,
X201<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"A life is not important except in
the impact it has on other lives."Jackie Robinson</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Cantos,
Ollie (CRT) [mailto:Ollie.Cantos@usdoj.gov] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:07
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Breaking News -
Attorney General Issues New Call to Action</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear
Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What
a wonderful opportunity this is to be in touch with you again, especially after
more than two months. The primary reason surrounding this time gap in
communications stems from our having to work on issues relating to our software,
which is still in need of upgrading to the new operating system. But, in
light of very recent developments within the past 24 hours or so, I simply had
to find a way to get the word out quickly, even before system improvements are
implemented and finalized. Having just returned from travel late last
night, my goal today has been to get in touch with you as quickly as
possible.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Getting right to the heart of today’s email, I am
extremely pleased to share information with you that is late-breaking. Our
Attorney General, Eric Holder, head of the U.S. Department of Justice, has just
issued a Department-wide call to hire and promote persons with targeted
disabilities (i.e., those with physical, psychiatric, and intellectual
disabilities) to be hired to fill positions for which they qualify within the
various Department components. As such, within my capacity as Member of
the Attorney General’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities, I
immediately wanted to share with you the original Portable Document File format
copy of a Department memorandum, dated May 27, 2009 (text also pasted
below). I strongly advise you to print and retain this memo for your
records and to share this important document with everyone in your respective
networks who wishes to seek employment in our Department. Job-seekers may
include a copy of this memo in their applications as a reminder to hiring
authorities of the call to action issued by the Attorney
General.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Supplementing this PDF, I am also taking the liberty of
re-sending to the network an article on employment of individuals with
disabilities, which was last revised in late 2007. Of specific note,
job-seekers may wish to utilize “Schedule A” Hiring Authority, which allows
individuals with targeted disabilities to be hired non-competitively into all
levels of leadership (with the position later ideally to be converted from
probationary status to permanent employment). The article describes this
further. Also contained in the piece are dozens of national resources that
may assist with efforts to attain gainful
employment.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I can
tell you from my personal perspective that working in this Department has been
an amazing and fulfilling experience in more ways than one. I would like
nothing more than for all individuals with disabilities, who have an interest in
joining our ranks, to make application to available positions for which they
qualify To make this more of a concerted effort, I am taking the liberty
of sending a CC of this email to Fred Parmenter, an attorney with the Antitrust
Division, who is also the founder and chair of the Attorney General’s Committee
on which I sit. (This Committee first came into being under Attorney
General Reno during the years of the Clinton Administration.) He may
provide you with additional insight and guidance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Even
if you yourself may not be interested in serving with us here at the Justice
Department, I respectfully urge you to forward this information far and wide
because of the direct difference that may be made in someone’s life as a
result. President Obama has expressed a commitment to advancing employment
opportunities for persons with disabilities, and our Attorney General has now
followed the President’s lead by communicating to all component heads his
commitment to advance Management Directive 715, issued by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, which affirmatively encourages the
recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of persons with disabilities
(among others). Help us fulfill the goal of greater employment of
individuals with disabilities by ensuring that every community member that you
know ends up receiving this email, and urge them to spread the word still
further. Encourage posting of this information on websites, on social
networks, on newsgroups, and in online and offline organization and agency
publications. Help us achieve the goal of our having 2% of our workforce
of more than 100,000 consist of people with disabilities. Take action
immediately so that, together, we may contribute to the lives of persons with
disabilities being changed for the better while infusing this Department with
the richness of talents, abilities, and skills that will effectively contribute
to the Department’s mission being fulfilled in every
way.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thank
you very much, and here’s to everyone’s success!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Olegario D. Cantos VII,
Esq.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Attorney General’s Committee on Employment of Persons
with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A name=Olegario_D__Cantos_VII__Esq_><FONT face=Calibri
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><IMG id=Picture_x005f_x0020_1 height=150
alt="Olegario D Cantos VII Esq " src="image001.jpg"
width=250></SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><I><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washington</SPAN></FONT></I></st1:City><I><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">20530</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></I></st1:place><I><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">May
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">27,
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF
DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">FROM: THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL <Initialed><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">SUBJECT: Hiring Goals
for Persons with Targeted Disabilities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">President Barack Obama
has a comprehensive agenda to empower individuals
with<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">disabilities and enhance
access to employment for all Americans. As Attorney General, </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">am<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">committed to making the
Department of Justice (DOJ) a model employer with a
diverse<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">workforce that includes
people with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Department, like
other Federal agencies, must comply with the Equal
Employment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Opportunity Commission's
Management Directive 71</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">5, </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">which requires hiring
goals to increase<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">employment and
advancement of people with disabilities. While I recognize that DOJ’s workforce
is<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">comprised of many law
enforcement positions that have physical requirements, I ask that
managers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">supervisors, and hiring
officials assist me in working toward a Department-wide two-percent
hiring<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">goal of people with
disabilities. If achieved, this goal will align DOJ with the most
successful<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">agencies in employing
individuals with severe disabilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Justice Management
Division's (JMD) Human Resources and Equal
Employment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Opportunity Staffs are
available to assist you and to provide information on special
hiring<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">authorities and
accommodations for people with disabilities. These offices also will
report<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">quarterly to me on the
Department's progress. If you have any questions you may
contact<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Rod Markham, Director,
Human Resources Staff, JMD or Vontell D. Frost-Tucker,
Director,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Equal Employment
<st1:place w:st="on">Opportunity</st1:place> Staff,
JMD.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">President Obama has
said, "We must build a world free of unnecessary
barriers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">stereotypes, and
discrimination. Policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped,
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">buildings and
organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has a chance to get
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">education they need and
live independently as full citizens in their communities." I am asking
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">DOJ leadership for its
pledge to incorporate talented persons with disabilities into the
workplace.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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