Summer 2000 OCR UPdate - 18
Awards
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OCR Region VI staff in Dallas placed second for the Federal Executive Board (FEB) Interagency Public Service Excellence Award for "Outstanding Productivity/Process Improvement." The staff was recognized at the FEB Interagency Awards Ceremony held at the Wyndham Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Texas, on May 9th. Kudos to the numerous OCR employees throughout the nation for outstanding accomplishments awards.
Public Service
Joyce Brock, an investigator in OCR's Region III office in Philadelphia, is a volunteer instructor in the Physician Education Project sponsored by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council and the Medical School at Temple University. The program is designed to provide training to medical students, residents and physicians on a variety of issues that concern persons with disabilities. Joyce's segment is entitled, "Understanding the Disability Experience." She reviews some of the discriminatory treatment persons with disabilities have received, and the various federal statues that extend the protections of civil rights. She also covers techniques for interacting and communicating with individuals with disabilities and some hands-on training in assistive technology.
Headquarters Reorganization
OCR's Washington, D.C. Headquarters office is undergoing a reorganization that will place OCR in a better position to tackle the civil rights challenges of the new millennium. A result of the reorganization will be a streamlined OCR Headquarters operation that will provide critical leadership in a number of vital areas, and will include a cadre of senior non-supervisory civil rights experts who will serve as OCR and Departmental resources on a variety of critical civil rights issues. Notice of the reorganization was published in the Tuesday, April 11, 2000 Federal Register (Vol. 65, No. 70, pp. 19379-81).
National Meeting Planned
Preparations are well underway for the first-ever national business meeting for all OCR personnel. The meeting (to be held September 11-15) is a vital next step in OCR's continuing development. It will bring everyone in OCR together to discuss the critical civil rights challenges of the new millennium in the health and human service context, and to revitalize our professional relationships with each other.
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