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Press Releases
2000
| Aug. 14, 2000 |
Javits-Wagner-O'Day
(JWOD) Program Signs Historic Environmental Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) with the U.S. Department of Interior and Environmental
Protection Agency
The goals of the MOA are to maximize Federal Agency purchases
of environmentally preferable products and services, and purchasing
the same from the JWOD Program, a mandatory source of products
and services for the government. The agreement also enhances
environmental initiatives the JWOD Program implemented in response
to Executive Order 13101: Greening the Government Through Waste
Prevention, Recycling and Federal Acquisition.
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| Aug. 2, 2000 |
Department
of the Interior Opens First JWOD Program Cabinet Level Office
Supply Store that is also First "Green" Office Supply Store
Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today in the Main Building
of the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first office
supply store operated by people who are blind and disabled at
a cabinet-level facility of the federal government. Operated
by the Blind Industries of Maryland, the Office Eagle store
provides a convenient source of recycled and "green" products
within the workplace of the federal government's leading conservation
department as well as for other federal agencies nationwide
via the web.
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| Apr. 18, 2000 |
2000 Alley Award Winner Announced, Mr. Stephen Arginteanu
The E.R. "Dick" Alley, Jr. Javits-Wagner-O'Day Career Achievement
Award was established by the Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled to recognize individuals
who demonstrate extraordinary achievement and sustained effort
in utilizing the Federal procurement system to create employment
and training opportunities for people who are blind or have
other severe disabilities under the JWOD Program. Stephen Arginteanu
is Procurement Technical Advisor for the General Services Administration's
(GSA) Public Building Service (PBS) in New York city.
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| May 9, 2000 |
JWOD
Program names "Outstanding Contributions" Award recipients
Donna Hutchens and Lt Col Kevin Cloud Receive Outstanding Contributions
Award From Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program.
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| Mar. 29, 2000 |
President
Clinton signs Memorandum of Support for the JWOD Program
Memorandum available in text-only Adobe Acrobat format.
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| Apr. 5, 2000 |
Library
of Congress Contract Provides Employment for People with Severe
Disabilities
On Thursday, March 16, 2000, the Library of Congress welcomed
a new contractor for janitorial services, The Chimes, Inc.,
a Baltimore-based nonprofit agency that provides vocational
training to people with severe disabilities. The Chimes' janitorial
staff of over 40 employees with severe disabilities will clean
the Library's Jefferson, Adams, and Madison buildings on Capitol
Hill as well as the Little Scholars Child Development Center
on Sixth Street N.E.
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| Jan. 11, 2000 |
Javits-Wagner-O'Day E-Commerce
Website now open for Business
The www.jwod.com site provides
Federal customers with convenient, one-stop shopping. It also
assures that purchases comply with the JWOD Act, which requires
Federal agencies to buy certain supplies and services from
nonprofit agencies employing persons
who are blind or severely disabled.
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