DC ACM Fall Lecture Series: Current Issues in Human-Computer Interaction and Public Policy

On September 21, Dr. Jonathan Lazar discussed current issues in computer-human interaction and public policy. Dr. Lazar described how government policy impacts the work done in human-computer interaction, and will discuss the current status of policy initiatives in a number of areas.

The first lecture of the DC ACM Fall Lecture Series, Dr. Lazar covered a wide array of policy topics, voting machine usability, web accessibility, ergonomic rules, privacy, and identification systems. A memorable issue from recent elections, the usability of voting machines, Dr. Lazar explained, directly relates to the ability of a citizen to place their vote. Accessibility of websites was another policy area discussed, in the challenge and legal implications of making not only for government, but online shopping websites like Target, accessible to the blind.

Dr. Lazar is an associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University, author of Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach and an advisor for Recovery.gov.

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Dr. Jonathan Lazar
Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Towson University
Author, Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach
Editor, Universal Usability