the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the Department of Education. There are some 2,500 blind vendors operating throughout the United States, managing businesses that run the gamut of food service and vending, from snack bars, gift shops, cafeterias, and highway rest stop vending operations, to major food service operations through military dining contracts. The gross national revenue from such operations now exceeds $800 million annually. References External links Randolph-Sheppard Act Randolph-Sheppard FAQ from the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind, Inc. Summary of the current federal program under the U.S. Dept. of Education National Association of Blind Merchants, an association of blind merchants providing training, advocacy and marketing services National Federation of the Blind, oldest consumer organization of blind people providing an array of programs targeted to the blind in business, as well as an array of other constituencies Braille Readers are Leaders, in 2007 Congress mandated the minting of the Louis Braille commemorative coin. Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America, Inc. 1936 in law United States federal civil rights legislation United States federal disability legislation Blindness