April 2, 2013  Recently, an employee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection division (CBP) filed a lawsuit under Sections 508 and 501 of the Rehabilitation Act allegiing discrimination against him and other blind employees at the agency. The employee, an attorney who is blind, uses screen-access software that converts what is on a computer screen into synthesized speech to access the computer information required to perform his job.

Once again there will be another M-Enabling Summit to be held in Washington, DC this year. This second edition of the M-Enabling Summit will be held on June 6-7, 2013 at the Renaissance Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, near Reagan National Airport and close to Washington, DC.  It will showcase cutting-edge solutions involving mobile phones and tablets that work for senior citizens and people with disabilities.

December 20, 2012.  To make consumer concerns and complaints easier to process and enforce, the United States Access Board recently proposed a new Online Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Complaint Form and asks the public to comment on this by Feb 15, 2013.

September 30, 2012. Additional funds that may advance accessibility of the Internet for people with disabilities were awarded in a one year contract recently. The US Dept of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) provided $647,844 to the Global Public Inclusive Infrastucture (GPII) team for "Profile Creation Support for Cloud-based Accessibility". The team will develop methods to enable people with disabilities, and others facing barriers to access, to discover and request user interface and digital content