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Federal agencies can be in legal compliance and still not meet the technical standards. Section 508 §1194.3 General exceptions describe exceptions for national security (e.g., most of the primary systems used by the National Security Agency (NSA)), incidental items not procured as work products, individual requests for non-public access, fundamental alteration of a product's key requirements ...
The term is commonly used in procurement discussions of compliance or conformance with Section 508. The VPAT was developed by ITI in partnership with the U.S. government's central procurement office, the General Services Administration , starting in 2001 to address the general issue of matching ICT product features to Section 508 accessibility ...
In January 2017, the US Access Board approved a final rule to update Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The new rule adopts seventeen WCAG 2.0 success criteria, but 22 of the 38 existing A-level and AA-level criteria were already covered by existing Section 508 guidelines.
The most commonly referenced standards are Section 508 and the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The table below provides information for all fifty states and indicates whether policies are in place for websites and software.
Section 508 establishes requirements for electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal government. Section 508 requires Federal electronic and information technology to be accessible to people with disabilities, including employees and members of the public.
[20] [21] Compliance with web accessibility guidelines is a legal requirement primarily in North America, Europe, parts of South America and parts of Asia. [22] Argentina. Law 26.653 on Accessibility to Information on Web Pages. [23] Approved by the National Congress of Argentina on November 3, 2010. It specifies in its Article 1 that both the ...
Web Accessibility Compliance Consulting Consultation services to help organizations understand and comply with digital accessibility laws and standards like ADA, WCAG, and Section 508. Agile Accessibility
Compliance with all guidelines from Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act A high contrast version of the site for individuals with low vision, and a low contrast (yellow or blue) version of the site for individuals with dyslexia