Stories about: SOCOG

The man who sued SOCOG over Web site accessibility has warned that rising complaints against government Web sites' use of PDF documents are being made under commonwealth law.

Listed company Open Telecommunications has boosted its management team with several appointments intended to provide control of planned rapid growth at home and abroad.

Changes at Onyx, Comet Satellite & Cable, Objective, the Department of Communications, and Prins Ralston's eNTITY1.

The recent decision by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) in the case of Maguire v SOCOG will have significant consequences for the development of e-commerce.

Now that the Olympics are over and we are no longer the centre of the universe (although we've always been pretty bloody close to it) it's time to get back to normal so:

When businesses think about making their organisation 'disability-friendly', ramps for wheelchairs and accessible toilet facilities usually spring to mind. However, companies now need to turn their attention towards ensuring their Web sites are accessible for people with disabilities too. According to Patrizia Mercuri, employment and industrial relations partner for Minter Ellison, failure to do so could mean possible discrimination claims and damages payouts.

A barefoot marathon runner and a 5cm-too-short gymnastics vault are not the sort of problems you'd expect the official Olympic Games technology provider, IBM, to encounter. But according to Vickie Regan, vice president, IBM Sydney 2000 Olympics Technology, it's exactly those problems that kept IBM and its 6000-strong team busy during the Sydney Games.

A friend of mine (whose word I trust implicitly) was one of the army of selfless volunteers giving of their time during the Games of the XXVII Olympiad to keep things moving smoothly. Early in the Games, she was approached by one of our valued overseas' guests who was confused and becoming increasingly agitated. It seems this welcome visitor could not locate the venue for her sporting event on any of the maps provided around Sydney. She had tickets to a soccer match that very day, and needed urgently to know where this "MCG" thing is and how to get there.

SYDNEY (09/28/2000) - The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) is expected to appear before the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) again as early as October.

The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) has failed to comply with a ruling to make the official Games Web site (olympics.com) fully accessible to visually impaired people.

The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) is expected to appear before the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) again as early as October.