Media Advisory: Mark Riccobono of the National Federation of the Blind to Testify at HELP Committee Hearing

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Media Advisory: Mark Riccobono of the National Federation of the Blind to Testify at HELP Committee Hearing

Mark Riccobono of the National Federation of the Blind
 to Testify at HELP Committee Hearing

Event:   Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing: The Promise of Accessible Technology: Challenges and Opportunities    

Date:    February 7, 2012

Time:    2:30 p.m.

Place:   Dirksen Senate Office Building
            Room G-50
            Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE 
            Washington, DC 20002

Mark Riccobono, executive director of the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, is scheduled to testify at the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on accessible technology.  The hearing, titled “The Promise of Accessible Technology: Challenges and Opportunities,” will be held on February 7, at 2:30 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

 

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About the National Federation of the Blind With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
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