[nfbmi-talk] from state plan technology

[joe harcz Comcast]

Yes, and it smells all the more because they really have the data. They are 
just trying to hide it from consumers, citizens and everyone else using the 
bogus abuses of FOIA as their shields.

They use documented violations of the FOIA to cover for other violations 
including the rights to information under the ADA and 504.

When ooh when will BSBP be accessible to the blind or transparent to anyone 
for that matter?


What laws haven't they violated? Pick a card pick any card. Is it the FOIA; 
the OMA; the ADA; 504; VR Title I; PA 260: the Randolph-Shepard Act; quai 
tam laws: 42USc1983....oh I'm getting tired...?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] from state plan technology


> Presuming the poor practice is Bureau-wide, as evidenced by the BEP audit
> findings and conclusions, the answer lies in the fact that the data 
> systems
> in place simply are not used to any degree of their potential for 
> providing
> data, which if it was utilized, could easily and with no doubt, create and
> deliver and make available the information requested, with a few keyword
> search key strokes, and without exhaustive labor intense search of 
> numerous
> hours charged.  However, why would the Bureau want an efficient data
> reporting system?  It would be to easy to discover, uncover, and reveal 
> the
> corruption and misappropriation and misuse of rehabilitation funds.  It
> would effectively and efficiently track and report the funds expended to
> date, so millions were not carried over while consumers are told there are
> no funds available for services.
>
> I find it outrageous that back in the days when expenditures were tracked
> manually with pen and paper, that it was known fairly well how much money
> had been encumbered and spent at any given point within a fiscal year, and
> known what was left to be spent.  Now we have multi-million electronic
> computing systems, and we end up with millions unspent, while consumers go
> unserved!  Something smells rotten about this environment!  Don't you 
> think?
> Duh.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:32 AM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] from state plan technology
>
> Say All,
>
> Have you found this to be your experience? And if they've fixed all the
> holes in System 7 why can't they produce data at the ready without the
> extortionate charges under so-called FOIA?
>
> Joe
>
> Evaluation of Goal 4 - Technology
>
> BSBP continues to explore and provide current technology for staff and
> consumers. BSBP's web based case management system (System 7) provides 
> staff
> with valuable data that enables them to effectively manage their case 
> loads
> which allows them to provide timely services to its consumers. BSBP has a
> Technology Committee that provides the agency with updated information
> regarding new equipment and devices that are being developed that could be
> of assistance to the staff in carrying out their responsibilities and
> assisting consumers in obtaining their goals. The Technology Committee
> provides additional services to the agency through the development of a
> process to evaluate and recommend qualified access technology vendors who
> provide training and instruction to BSBP consumers. Through this process,
> vendors are categorized as to their expertise in various areas. As a 
> result,
> a number of access technology vendors have been identified as approved
> providers of technology services and added to BSBP's website.
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