January 2003 - Lead Photos

January 2003 - Lead Photos

The Braille Monitor

January 2003

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President

Maurer presented Secretary Richkus with a plaque during the opening ceremonies.

Pictured here left to right are Dr. Betsy Zaborowski, NFB director of

special programs; Peta N. Richkus, secretary of the Maryland Department

of General Services; NFB President Marc Maurer; Major Riddick, Jr.; and

Jim Herbert.

December 4 and 5, 2002,

the state of Maryland conducted its eighth annual Technology Showcase at the

Baltimore Convention Center. The purpose of the event each year is to highlight

technology advances made in Maryland. The National Federation of the Blind has

taken part in this event several times. At our booth this year attendees could

check their organizations' Web sites to see just how accessible they are for

those using access technology on the Internet. They also learned about the NFB's

new nonvisual accessibility certification.

During the ribbon-cutting

ceremony at the start of the showcase, NFB President Marc Maurer presented Secretary

Peta Richkus of the Maryland Department of General Services a well-deserved

award. Under Secretary Richkus's leadership the Department of General Services

became the first state agency in the nation to receive the NFB's Nonvisual Accessibility

Web Certification. Governor-Elect Robert Ehrlich spoke during the ceremony and

made a point of commending the work of the National Federation of the Blind.

Dan

Mote, president of the University of Maryland; Governor-Elect Ehrlich;

Major F. Riddick, Jr., chairman of the Maryland Technology Showcase; and

Jim Herbert, vice president of E. J. Krause and Associates, Inc.

Standing

at the NFB Technology Showcase booth are Susan Casey, Department of General

Services communications deputy director; Betsy Zaborowski; and Brad Hodges,

member of the staff of the NFB's International Braille and Technology

Center for the Blind.

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