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Friday Five for April 19th, 2024

1. Friday Five Feedback Survey

Take this anonymous survey to let us know what you’d like to see in future issues of the Friday Five newsletter – it’ll take just 5 minutes, you’ll provide invaluable feedback, and you could also be in the running for a $50 gift card raffle!

Don’t like the content you’ve been seeing? Want to suggest interesting ideas? This is a great chance to make your opinions heard.

Please send any questions to bruintech@g.ucla.edu.

2. UC Tech Conference – and its ambassadors who keep you in the loop!

Learn a little more about the folks who help the UC Tech conference succeed. UC Tech Ambassadors are campus representatives that encourage conference participation among their respective tech colleagues. They make sure the important information from the main UC Tech planning committee is successfully shared within their campus. This includes information about conference registration, presentations, awards programs, and other communications as well.

UCLA’s ambassador is Chris Patterson from the Office of Advanced Research and Computing (OARC). Reach out to him if you have any questions about UC Tech, including how to submit a presentation proposal – which are due May 1!

3. XR Spring Summit Recording

If you missed the XR Spring Summit on April 12, you’re in luck! Check out the live recording of the event on YouTube – timestamped and all.

Folks who were able to attend, please fill out the feedback form to give the planning committee your thoughts.

4. Justice Department to Publish Final Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities

On Monday, April 8, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland signed a rule under Title II of the ADA to ensure accessibility of web content and mobile apps. This rule clarifies the obligations of state and local governments, and aims to provide standards for addressing a broad range of accessibility issues faced by Americans with vision, hearing, cognitive, and manual dexterity disabilities. Of note, as a public entity, UCLA will need to comply with this rule within 2-3 years of the rule’s publication date on the Federal Register – the exact deadline will be dependent on how UCLA’s population size is determined.

Check out this fact sheet to learn more.

5. IT Job Postings

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