Homeland Security Civil Rights Chief to Discuss DHS Job Opportunities for Disabled in Live Free Webcast on Internet TV Channel AT508.com
at 2 PM ET on March 10 

Assistive Technology Internet TV Channel AT508.com on the TV Worldwide Network Expecting Large On-Line Audience on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 2PM ET

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, March 9, 2004

Chantilly , Va. – TV Worldwide ( www.tvworldwide.com ), a fast-growing web-based global Internet TV network, announced that it's Assistive Technology Internet TV Channel, AT508.com ( www.at508.com ),will host a free live webcast on March 10, 2004 at 2:00 PM (ET) featuring Daniel Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security . The event will be webcast live from TV Worldwide's Internet TV studios in Chantilly, Va. AT508.com channel premium sponsors include: HP, Kurzweil Educational Systems, The Paciello Group, The Council for Exceptional Children, Corda, Deque, Audio Eye, Sighted Electronics, Freedom Vision and Vcom3D.

The webcast will provide insight concerning the implementation of the Bush Administration's policies, as well as address audience questions on the Department's disability agenda for the year ahead. The live online audience will be able to ask questions of Mr. Sutherland via e-mail - - providing a fully interactive forum for sharing of information. It is requested that questions submitted by e-mail be done as far in advance as possible in order to ensure that they can be posed during the live webccast.

The AT508.com event will be available live and archived in fully accessible format using the captioned video streaming of TVWorldwide.com's" webcapting" SM process.

On April 16, 2003 , President Bush appointed Mr. Sutherland to his position at the DHS where he provides legal and policy advice to the Secretary and the Department's senior officers on a full range of civil rights and civil liberties issues.

Mr. Sutherland has been a civil rights attorney throughout his legal career, serving fourteen years with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and nearly two years with the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. Mr. Sutherland has handled a number of important civil rights lawsuits.  His experience has been primarily in the areas of discrimination against immigrants and discrimination against people with disabilities. His litigation includes cases alleging discrimination by a large urban police department in its dealings with people who are deaf; allegations that a licensing authority would not adequately accommodate test-takers who are blind; and, allegations of discrimination against refugees from Vietnam and the former Soviet Union .

"As a long-time developer of streaming media content for those with disabilities, we are excited about producing a webcast on such an important national policy discussion," commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. "Thanks to compelling programming such as this, the AT508 channel has grown rapidly over the last year. We again expect a huge audience and our engineers are preparing our servers to accommodate the event's webcast."

The event will be archived for viewing at www.at508.com and www.tvworldwide.com . Participants should have the latest version of the free Real Video or Windows Media Player installed prior to the event and should log on by 1:45 PM (ET) on March 10th. The live webcast will run from 2:00 PM to approximately 3:00 PM (ET) and be available as an archived file, shortly thereafter.

About AT508.com
TVWorldwide's AT508.com Internet TV channel was launched in October 2002 at the World Congress on Disabilities in Orlando , Florida , featuring world-renowned disability columnist John Williams covering the latest in assistive technology and Section 508 news and since then has webcast the TASH, ATIA, CSUN and CEC events for the community of people with disabilities. AT508.com features articles and videos on the latest in assistive technology products, services and issues. During industry trade shows, AT508.com highlights keynotes, presentations and interviews with exhibitors and speakers. AT508.com events are webcast live and archived in fully accessible format using the captioned video streaming of TVWorldwide.com's "webcapting" SM process. AT508.com sponsors include The Paciello Group, Keybowl, HP, textHELP!, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Corda, Deque, Audio Eye, Sighted Electronics Freedom Vision, the Council for Exceptional Children and Vcom3D.

About TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide ( www.tvworldwide.com ) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" SM to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com , and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media.