DisabilityInfo.gov and GovDelivery Celebrate 18th Anniversary of ADA
DisabilityInfo.gov and GovDelivery mark the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act
St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) July 24, 2008 -- DisabilityInfo.gov (www.DisabilityInfo.gov) and GovDelivery (www.govdelivery.com), the world's leading email and digital subscription services provider for the public sector, are marking the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act. Through GovDelivery, DisabilityInfo.gov has sent more than 2.7 million email messages regarding benefits, education, employment, housing and health.
DisabilityInfo.gov, a federal interagency portal managed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy, uses GovDelivery to offer free subscription services. This allows users to sign up to receive DisabilityInfo.gov Connection, the site's quarterly newsletter, and other email alerts tailored to individual interests.
"DisabilityInfo.gov was launched almost six years ago as a resource for the nearly 50 million people with disabilities in the United States," said Kevin J. Connors, Program Director, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, on the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. "We are proud that more than eight million visitors, including nearly 27,000 people who have signed up for email subscriptions, have benefited from the information DisabilityInfo.gov offers."
GovDelivery provides a software as a service (SaaS) platform for government-to-citizen communication that offers proprietary personalization, automation and delivery technology. Individuals choose topics based on their interests, and then personalized emails are sent directly to them. Government entities use GovDelivery to manage their electronic communication with minimal effort and to realize an immediate return on investment.
"GovDelivery is proud to provide DisabilityInfo.gov with an instant communication platform to reach the public," said Scott Burns, CEO of GovDelivery. "DisabilityInfo.gov provides valuable information to people with disabilities, and we are pleased to be of service to them."
About DisabilityInfo.gov
DisabilityInfo.gov is managed by the Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy. The site is easy to navigate and organized by subject areas that include benefits, civil rights, community life, education, employment, health, housing, technology and transportation.
About GovDelivery
GovDelivery is the world's leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions. GovDelivery's Digital Subscription Management solution is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that provides organizations with a fully-automated, on-demand public communication system. Organizations using GovDelivery provide citizens with better service and access to relevant information by proactively delivering new information through email, wireless alerts, and RSS. Clients include the British Parliament, the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, the California Department of Insurance, the cities of Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, Orange County, California, and hundreds of other organizations across the public sector. For more information, visit www.govdelivery.com.
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