{"id":23117,"date":"2013-05-19T00:20:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T05:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=23117"},"modified":"2013-05-19T00:20:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T05:20:14","slug":"nominations-for-2013-lex-frieden-employment-awards-committee-on-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/05\/19\/nominations-for-2013-lex-frieden-employment-awards-committee-on-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations for 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards &#8211; Committee on People with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DN_logo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/03\/29\/huge-30-savings-on-lighton-mobile-phone-signalers\/dn_logo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DN_logo.jpg?fit=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"50,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DN_logo.jpg?fit=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DN_logo.jpg?fit=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22347 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 5px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DN_logo.jpg?resize=50%2C50\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominations for 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Office of the Governor Rick Perry &#8211; Committee on People with Disabilities<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to submit nominations for our 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards (LFEA). Deadline for submissions is June 30. Consider employers, entrepreneurs, professionals in the field of disabilities, and local committees in your community who deserve recognition and kudos for their Above and Beyond work in hiring and retaining employees with disabilities and in efforts to raise awareness of the positive impacts of doing so. There is NO FEE for entries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.state.tx.us\/disabilities\/awards\/employment_awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.governor.state.tx.us\/disabilities\/awards\/employment_awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several categories: Large, Medium, Small, and Non-Profit Employer; Entrepreneurship; Martha Arbuckle Award for a local committee project; and the highest honor of all, The Governor\u2019s Trophy. Read more about the descriptions of each category and think who in your community deserves the spotlight! For the Employer awards, we suggest that you either contact the employer and ask that they self-nominate, or that you submit the basic nomination form, which we then use to contact the employer and ask for more details on their hiring and retaining practices.<\/p>\n<p>We also have a document on our LFEA page called Above and Beyond: Employment Practices that you can download from our website and distribute to local businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.tx.us\/files\/disabilities\/ABOVE_AND_BEYOND_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/governor.state.tx.us\/files\/disabilities\/ABOVE_AND_BEYOND_WEB.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for all you do for your community and for helping us find the very best employers, individuals and committees to spotlight with this annual award. And mark your calendar for the Lex Frieden Employment Awards ceremony to take place on Friday, October 18, lunchtime, in Waco, hosted by the Waco Mayor\u2019s Committee for People with Disabilities. Details will come soon.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Virgil, Community Outreach and Information Coordinator jo.virgil@governor.state.tx.us<\/p>\n<p>The Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities (Committee) provides GovDelivery updates for informational purposes on a variety of disability related issues for a diverse audience. Updates may include information provided by external sources. The inclusion of this external information does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the Committee or the Office of the Governor of any information, policy, product, or service offered by an external source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Nominations for 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards\u00a0 Office of the Governor Rick Perry &#8211; Committee on People with Disabilities It\u2019s time to submit nominations for our 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards (LFEA). Deadline for submissions is June 30.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/05\/19\/nominations-for-2013-lex-frieden-employment-awards-committee-on-people-with-disabilities\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[18576,18573,4120,18574,3871,18570,18575,11326,18571,18568,18569,18572,14745,18577],"class_list":["post-23117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-above-and-beyond-employment","tag-and-non-profit-employer","tag-committee-on-people-with-disabilities","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-jo-virgil","tag-large-employer","tag-local-committee-project","tag-martha-arbuckle-award","tag-medium-employer","tag-nominations-for-2013-lex-frieden-employment-awards","tag-office-of-the-governor-rick-perry","tag-small-employer","tag-the-governors-trophy","tag-waco-mayors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-60R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44174,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/06\/23\/call-for-nominations-for-2023-lex-frieden-employment-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":23117,"position":0},"title":"Call for Nominations for 2023 Lex Frieden Employment Awards","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Call for Nominations for 2023 Lex Frieden Employment Awards Office of the Texas Governor, Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Deadline for 2023 Lex Frieden Employment Awards Nominations is Approaching Do you know an employer, entrepreneur, volunteer, or local disability organization that has gone above and beyond the legal requirements\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/lex2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23316,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/06\/04\/2013-call-for-nominations-for-the-lex-frieden-employment-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":23117,"position":1},"title":"2013 Call for Nominations for the Lex Frieden Employment Awards","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"2013 Call for Nominations for the Lex Frieden Employment Awards It\u2019s time to submit nominations for our 2013 Lex Frieden Employment Awards. 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