Daily Home - Proposed federal rules may threaten AIDB autonomy

Daily Home - Proposed federal rules may threaten AIDB autonomy: "Proposed federal rules may threaten AIDB autonomy
By Blair Hadley
11-17-2004
TALLADEGA � A proposed change in the rules that regulate the administration of a federal act may jeopardize the autonomy of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
In a brief presentation Tuesday during an AIDB Board of Trustees meeting, Billy Sparkman, executive director for Alabama Industries for the Blind, outlined proposed changes in the rules that govern the administration of the Javits-Wagner-O�Day Act of 1971. The act provides a mandate that the government purchase a certain portion of its supplies from companies that employ blind or severely handicapped workers."