DEPARTMENT OF NAVY ESTABLISHES BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH CRUNCHY TECHNOLOGIES FOR PAGESCREAMER 2.0.Crunchy crunchy - floppy disk Technologies, an e-business and e-government solutions provider, has announced that it has entered into a blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Navy for the acquisition of PageScreamer. Other Department of Defense agencies may also order from this vehicle. PageScreamer is a leading software tool for rapidly verifying and correcting Web content to make Web sites accessible to users with disabilities. PageScreamer enables content developers with minimal technical knowledge to quickly scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. through the Web server root directory or individual files and identify and correct non-compliant images, objects and applets. The Department of the Navy and other Department of Defense organizations can utilize PageScreamer in their efforts to make Web content compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. Act Amendments of 1998. The blanket purchase agreement provides a vehicle by which all agencies within the Department of Defense may purchase PageScreamer at special pricing. "We are pleased to enter into this agreement with the Department of the Navy to offer tools to help meet a nearing Section 508 compliance deadline, and also offer tools for them to meet on-going accessibility requirements." said Louis Hutchinson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Crunchy Technologies. "The more Web content an organization has, the more valuable PageScreamer becomes. By using PageScreamer, Webmasters will be able to dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to update content and meet compliance standards." Crunchy Technologies, who received a Government Computer News FOSE FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition "Best New Technology Award" for its Custom e-Grants Management Solution, also provides professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to assist organizations with Web content and applications accessibility. |
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