ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) would like to thank all of the participants of the Seminar of Exchange, whose open sharing and expertise contributed to the event’s overall success. Many federal experts provided critical contributions to shaping the program, including Margaret (Peg) Blechman of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and Alan Clive of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Invaluable guidance and involvement in the event was provided by distinguished national experts in the field, including Elizabeth Davis of the National Organization on Disability, Edwina Julliet of the National Taskforce on Fire/Life Safety for People with Disabilities, and June Isaacson Kailes with the Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences.

Finally, special thanks is warranted for the contributions of the following entities, for without their input and involvement, this Seminar of Exchange would not have been possible:

• Office of the Secretary (Department of Labor)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Department of Labor)
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (Department of Labor)
• Department of Labor Emergency Command Center
• Office of Personnel Management
• Department of Homeland Security
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Disability Preparedness Center
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Agriculture
• Job Accommodations Network
• U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
• Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

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