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I found the below article very interesting. I am a Federal employee. A/lthough the IRS is better at accessibility than most agencies, we can, shall and must do better!!! The article contains very familiar names to us all.
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Valerie Yingling <<a href="mailto:vyingling@nfb.org" class="">vyingling@nfb.org</a>>, "Meleah H. Jensen" <<a href="mailto:meleahheather@gmail.com" class="">meleahheather@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
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morning fellow members, I wanted to share the following article from pOLITICO</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>August 23, 2022 at 7:05:05 AM CDT<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:carlos.montas@att.net" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">carlos.montas@att.net</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Fwd: Politico: 508 Complaint</b><br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>August 22, 2022 at 8:05:10 PM CDT<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hi Carlos,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Here’s a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F08%2F21%2Fcongress-people-with-disabilities-00052955&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cd61a19aa4bf049cce48108da850381e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637968547361311150%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XqCTrPRFzUPoV0Uy3kKDH3NScmwbOq2IvD0pAZ4gGxA%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/21/congress-people-with-disabilities-00052955" shash="UgJkrW0rN7ciEKFd5rxNLJW3KLRkIfx9Hg1owDFh+lw/GhQOmNbL2ZNNtdPBd9roWDQnOrewZjDEgCueeJt+Yxw2Fpfds5ZbeOtZG3pus7dAWuCtCLpJOW/7lgP0e8bXV9lLTOBM8pbZDZ4LifiOIuMDlHkadVreQRH40lETJAo=" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">link
to the article</a>. I was going to send a PDF, but because of bad coding it doesn’t print well. Let me know if you have trouble accessing it and I will find another way.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thank you so much for working with me on this.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Best,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Ruth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11:07 AM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: Politico: 508 Complaint<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Good morning yes the term blind is appropriate thanks for asking. And it was a pleasure working with you on the story please feel free to reach out if I can be of any assistance for anything else.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hi Carlos,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thanks again for working with me on this story. It’s finally going up this weekend and I will send you a link. I just wanted to check something with you. In the story, is okay to identify you as blind? Or is there another
way you’d like for me to refer to your visual impairment?</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Best,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Ruth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 3:02 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: Politico: 508 Complaint</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hi Carlos,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thanks so much for speaking with me yesterday. I was wondering if you would be willing to send me a copy of the 508 complaint you filed with the VA. Let me know.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Best,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Ruth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1:11 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Great. Talk to you then.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">carlos Montas <<a href="mailto:montascarlos267@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">montascarlos267@gmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1:03 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>><br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">On Aug 3, 2022, at 11:55 AM, Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">I reached out to the National Federation for the Blind and they said you might be willing to talk about your 508 complaint. I speak at 4pm CT, but would you prefer a little later? 4:30 CT? Let me know what’s best.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: Politico: 508 Complaint</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Good afternoon, I would be glad to talk with you about this issue. I can be reached at 305-527-0192. This afternoon after 4:00 central time would work for me. How did you here about my situation? Just wondering! </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">On Aug 3, 2022, at 11:44 AM, Ruth Reader <<a href="mailto:rreader@politico.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">rreader@politico.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">I’m a reporter at Politico and I’m working on a story about accessibility at the federal government. I was wondering if you’d be willing to talk to me about your experience working at Veterans Affairs and any difficulties
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