OpenGov - Open Government Brainstorm

Thank you for bringing this up. It is so important and the hard work of doing what it takes to invite in all voices is too often sacrificed for the sake of expediency.

It's always been my understanding that prisoners, as you say, when convicted, are intentionally disenfranchised by society through loss of voter and other rights for certain felonies, etc... Hence forth, it's part of punishment for the crimes against.

Secondly, I have become very opinionated on another hot topic contained in your post in the last couple of years. America needs to establish/re-establish English as its only principle language, not a second language within its own boundaries. If you choose to also speak, read or write other dialects, that's part of freedom. Why do we now have to pay to cater to English-as-a-second-language preferences or ANY other language preferences. It’s insane wisdom otherwise. Hence forth, I submit English as the principal language and spend no other dollars on catering to secondary English preferences. Save a ton of money for the Federal Government, the states, county and local city admin costs. If the people expect to be U.S. citizens with all the rights, privileges thereto, so is the responsibility to learn English. The constitution and declarations weren’t written in Latin, Spainish, etc…

I’m not but a humble pirate...

This is a wonderful issue to raise. Agencies whose subject matter address these populations should imaginatively assess how to contact and target these types of groups. However in an era of limited resources I do think this type of outreach should be limited to agencies whose agendas come into contact with particular groups. I think if the FAA is addressing handicap accessibility in airliners it should make this effort but if it is addressing standards governing a particular plane model I think it should not be forced to make special efforts.