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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Progress?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> U.S. Department of Justice <usdoj@public.govdelivery.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 28, 2022 12:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> mike@michaelhingson.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Justice Department Secures Agreement to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible for People with Disabilities at Kroger Grocery Chain<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The Justice Department today announced that it has secured a <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1NDM5NzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hZGEuZ292L2tyb2dlcl9jb19zYS5wZGYifQ.CGbCwwaYlKby2e5BXFJs7zjsdFdOkkkZSbNwRkUDqy8/s/1394245882/br/125823570800-l" target="_blank">settlement agreement</a> with The Kroger Co. that will help people with disabilities get information about COVID-19 vaccinations and book their vaccination appointments online. The agreement, which requires Kroger to conform its COVID-19 vaccine content to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.1, will help ensure that individuals with disabilities who use screen readers can privately and independently book their potentially life-saving vaccination appointments online. Today’s resolution is the department’s third agreement on the critical issue of COVID-19 vaccination website accessibility, following a November 2021 announcement of its settlement with <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1NDM5NzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hZGEuZ292L3JpdGVfYWlkX3NhLnBkZiJ9.03NHGCBcwaWluuS1vxdmSqJkciY1079NkjxSU510IE8/s/1394245882/br/125823570800-l" target="_blank">Rite Aid Corporation</a> and a December 2021 settlement with <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1NDM5NzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hZGEuZ292L2h5LXZlZV9zYS5wZGYifQ.4ylcC_tfAIhZTZp7VrMgp9ckJOqCgWeu29dBi9x9Jtk/s/1394245882/br/125823570800-l" target="_blank">Hy-Vee, Inc</a>. 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