[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to 1-1-12 Request - Peckham Information

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hello,

Peckham Industries has a federal contract to process some kind of
immigration information in a call center.  Several years ago,there was an
attempt to make the software accessible to totally blind people.  To my
knowledge, this was never accomplished.  They, thus, discriminate against
blind people in getting these "prety good jobs" as jobs at this shop go.
This is a violation of sections 504 and 508 minimally, plus Michigan law.
Both MCB and Peckham are violating the law by doing business.

Second, Gwynn McNeal serves on the board of New Horizons, a sheltered shop,
in Oakland County.  McNeal also has signed an agreement to contract with New
Horizons for clients.  McNeal also supervises and approves expenditures to
New Horizons.  This seems to be a conflict of interest at best.

BEP has so many problems they can hardly be enumerated.  Trainees are not
being sufficiently trained.  Sighted people are operating BEP facilities
when there are blind people who have asked to do the job.  There are
possible mishandling of equipment within BEP and the list goes on.

We can talk more about this stuff.

Warmest Regards,

Fred

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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to 1-1-12 Request - Peckham
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Haynes, Carla (LARA) 
To: joe harcz Comcast (joeharcz at comcast.net) 
Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Farmer, Mel (LARA) ; Turney, Susan (LARA) ;
Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Jones, Leamon (LARA) ; White, Elizabeth (LARA) ;
Gaston, Diamalyn (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:13 PM
Subject: FOIA Response to 1-1-12 Request - Peckham Information


January 10, 2012

 

Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

 

Re:  Peckham Information

 

Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:

 

This letter is in response to your January 1, 2011, email request for copies
of public records, received on January 3, 2011, by this office.  Please be
informed that the Department's Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is
processing this request under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
MCL 15.231 et seq.

 

In your email, you requested information/records described as per the
attached copy of your email.

 

In order to determine the amount of non-exempt information within the
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs that might be responsive to
your request, a search must be undertaken for the information of which you
have requested.  This information may come from various entities under the
department.  For this reason, it is necessary to extend the time for
response, as permitted by section 5(2)(d) of the FOIA, through January 25,
2012.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator

Michigan Commission for the Blind

FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz

January 10, 2012

Page 2 of 2

 

 

 

 

Attachment - Email Request of 1-1-12

 

Cc:      Patrick Cannon

            Mel Farmer

            Susan Turney

            Elsie Duell

            Leamon Jones

            Elizabeth White

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 

Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 2:06 PM

To: Cannon, Patrick (LARA)

Cc: Larry Posont MCB Comm.; lydia Schuck MCB Comm.; John Scott MCB Comm.;
Craig McManus RSA; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Elmer Cerano MPAS

Subject: more arra funding info please

 

January 1 2012 Request for Peckham Information

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

joeharcz at comcast.net

joeharcz at comcast.net

 

Patrick D. Cannon

Director, Michigan Commission for the Blind 

(Via E-mail)

 

Dear Mr. Cannon,

 

I'm writing you today to get just a little more detail about this
expenditure:

 

 

"PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES - Award Number H390A090031 - PECKHAM
VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES

 

Table with 2 columns and 7 rows

Award Number

H390A090031

Sub-Award Number

N/A

Vendor DUNS Number

Not reported

Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4

489062102

 

Could you simply give me what this was for and when this expenditure was
made?

 

Or can't you supply that type of information?

 

Happy New Year.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: RSA

Cc: Elmer Cerano, NISH/ M PAS

 

Vendor Name

PECKHAM VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES

Product and Service Description

SERVICES FOR MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND CLIENTS

Payment Amount

$31,843"

 

 

 

 

Carla Miller Haynes

DLARA Michigan Commission for the Blind

201 N. Washington Sq., 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI  48909

Phone:  517/373-2063

FAX: 517/335-5140

 

www.michigan.gov/mcb