The following message is from the White House Office of Public Engagement:
In the wake of tragedy in Joplin, Missouri and across the Midwest, the President lent his support for the victims of the devastation, and promised that we will help to rebuild and repair those damaged communities. The President made his remarks from London on an official visit to Europe where he engaged some of our allies including Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, and Poland on a number of global issues. Back home, we celebrated National Transportation Week where we honored twenty amazing individuals from the transportation industry as Champions of Change for their efforts to create and maintain the infrastructure that keeps our country moving.
This week the First Lady launched Let’s Move! In Indian Country to support the ongoing work that tribal leaders and community members are doing to improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native children. We also swore-in more than a dozen new members to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, and we continued to celebrate AAPI Heritage month by looking at the ways AAPI students can get access to higher education and by hosting an AAPI roundtable for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) students from across the country.
Blogs and Other Highlights
Kareem Dale blogs about a training for federal hiring managers on how to implement the Executive Order to make the federal government a model employer for persons with disabilities. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/26/hitting-road-part-ii
Kareem Dale Blogs about the Department of Labor’s disability employment event with Secretary Solis http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/24/hitting-road
Department of Education Issues Guidance on Rights of Students with Disabilities When Educational Institutions Use Technology Dear Colleague Letter to elementary and secondary schools http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201105-ese.html.
Dear Colleague Letter to institutions of higher education http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201105-pse.html.
FAQ http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-ebook-faq-201105.html.
