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DOJ and GSA to monitor agency Section 508 compliance
The Justice Department and the General Services Administration will start monitoring more closely agency compliance with a law that requires federal online content to be accessible to the disabled.... Read more...
Q&A: Tim Creagan on the 508 refresh and agency compliance (Part 2)
(Continued from Q&A: Tim Creagan on the 508 refresh and agency compliance) FGIT: You mentioned enforceability. At the hearing, a few people mentioned that some agencies think that they're in... Read more...
Q&A: Tim Creagan on the 508 refresh and agency compliance
The U.S. Access Board is revamping Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and has completed a draft refresh. To kick off the commenting period, a public hearing was held on May 15. FierceGovernmentIT... Read more...
Prepare now for 508 web-compliance changes
Ensuring that federal online content is accessible to the disabled--as section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires--is typically an afterthought, said Bruce Bailey, accessibility IT specialist at... Read more...
Fed websites stumble over Rehabilitation Act
Federal agencies have a mixed record when it comes to making sure their web pages are accessible to the disabled and meet the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, Federal Computer... Read more...






