| Javits-Wagner-O’Day
(JWOD) |
| The
Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act was created by Congress to provide
job opportunities for Americans who are blind or have other severe
disabilities. Congressional passage of the Wagner-O’Day Act in 1938
paved the way toward empowering people who are blind to become self-supporting
citizens. It gave industries serving people who are blind the opportunity
to sell to the Federal Government, providing they could deliver
quality products, on time and at fair market prices. NIB allocates
government contracts to its associated industries and acts as a
liaison between them and Federal government customers. |
| Amended
in 1971 as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act, it then provided
for the purchase of both products and services and included Federal
purchasing from industries serving people with other severe disabilities.
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The
Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled
is a small Federal agency established as a result of the JWOD
act, which administers the JWOD Program. Its members include senior
officials from major Federal procurement agencies and private
citizens representing people who are blind and otherwise severely
disabled appointed by the President of the United States.
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| Links |
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www.nib.org
www.jwod.com
www.nish.org
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