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Press Releases
| November 7, 2005 |
Thomas Bouchard, Department
of the Army, Receives Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program Outstanding
Contributions Award
Thomas J. Bouchard, Chief, Soldier Systems Branch, Natick
Contracting Division, Department of the Army, was recently
presented with the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program Outstanding
Contributions Award by the Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. This award recognizes
Federal employees for their efforts in creating employment
opportunities on Federal contracts for people who are blind
or have other severe disabilities under the auspices of the
JWOD Program.
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| August 16, 2005 |
Nancy Brown, Kreylon
Crewe-Bacon, Scott Kromis, and Carolyn Sue Lee Receive Outstanding
Contributions Awards from Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program
Four Federal employees were honored by the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (the
Committee) for their outstanding contributions to the Javits-Wagner-O'Day
(JWOD) Program. Providing jobs to more than 45,000 people
who are blind or have other severe disabilities, the JWOD
Program is the single largest source of employment for people
who are blind or have other severe disabilities in the United
States. The Outstanding Contributions Award recognizes Federal
employees for their efforts in creating employment opportunities
on Federal contracts for people who are blind or have other
severe disabilities under the auspices of the JWOD Program.
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| August 5, 2005 |
Linda G. Wright, NAVFAC,
Receives "Alley" Career Achievement Award from Javits-Wagner-O'Day
Program
Linda G. Wright, Associate Director, Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC), Washington, D.C., was selected by the Javits-Wagner-O'Day
(JWOD) Program to receive the prestigious E. R. "Dick" Alley
Career Achievement Award. This award was established in 1998
by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled in honor and recognition of the late E.
Richard "Dick" Alley who provided more than 25 years of dedicated
service to the JWOD Program as the Committee's Deputy Executive
Director.
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| February 7, 2005 |
Javits-Wagner-O'Day
Program Achieves Record-Breaking Employment in FY04
The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program provided jobs for more
than 45,000 people who are blind or have other severe disabilities
in fiscal year 2004, a new Program record. This growth translates
into more than 3,000 additional employment opportunities in
local communities nationwide for a population that continues
to experience an exceptionally high unemployment rate - in sharp
contrast to the national unemployment rate of 5 percent, nearly
70 percent of people with disabilities are not employed. The
JWOD Program was created by Congress to help alleviate this
employment inequity. Notably, the JWOD Program has become the
single largest employer of Americans who are blind or have other
severe disabilities, by identifying Federal contract work to
be performed by these individuals.
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| March 8, 2005 |
Javits-Wagner-O'Day
Program Recognizes Outstanding Distributors
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled recently recognized thirteen commercial office supply
distribution partners as "Outstanding Distributors" for their
efforts to support the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program
during Fiscal Year 2004.
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