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President appoints RADM McCarthy to JWOD Committee.
MECHANICSBURG; Pa. -- RADM Justin D. McCarthy, SC, USN, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, Pa., was appointed by President George Bush to serve on the Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled and was sworn in recently at the committee offices in Arlington, Va.
The committee is responsible for administering the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, a public law that requires the federal government to purchase products and services furnished by nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The JWOD Program currently employs nearly 40,000 Americans who are blind or have other severe disabilities as federal contractors through more than 600 participating nonprofit agencies across the country.
RADM McCarthy is one of 15 members appointed to the Committee: 11 are federal executives representing the Departments of Agriculture, Air Force, Army, Commerce, Defense, ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, President appoints RADM McCarthy to JWOD Committee.