The importance of accurately measuring the accessibility of the federal electronic government: Developing the research agenda

Information Technology and Disabilities

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a  

^a Info Use Mgmt and Policy Institute   (United States)

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