Jaeger, P.T.: Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government Web sites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Government Information Quarterly 23(2
Section 508 applies to three types of organizations: Government bodies Organizations that receive federal funding Service providers to government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding The Rehabilitation Act: a brief rundown In the early 1970s, American lawmakers started to become more aw...
US Government code Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, has established requirements for electronic document accessibility. Any electronic documents maintained, procured, or used by the U.S. Federal government must meet these guidelines. ...
Is Section 508 compliance your job? Does your organization need to comply with Section 508, and position require you to communicate with people? If you answered yes, then Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to you. If you work with a federal agency –or hope to– then you need ...
Federal and state ADA codes and regulations are intended to provide cross disability access to public computers (self-service kiosk installations). By working with Assistra Technologies LLC to implement EZ Access ®, clients will more easily satisfy government guidelines, evidence their concern for ...
Section 508 requires federal agencies, organizations and vendors who contract with federal agencies to offer people with disabilities comparable access to the same information that is offered to someone without a disability. In simple words, 508 compliance means that all users, regardless of disability...
Jaeger, P.T.: Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-Government websites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Government Information Quarterly 23(2), 169–190 (2006) Article Google Scholar Lazar, J., Beere, P., Greenidge, K., Naga...
Please join us March 22 at 1:00 PM EST to learn how Microsoft ensures our low code platform is accessible friendly and addresses Section 508 accessibility standards for US Federal agencies. We will be joined byEvan Chaki, who is a Group Program Manager leading the user interface ...
One way to check your site for Section 508 compliance on this standard is to be sure essential information is not lost when JavaScript functions are turned off. If you use mouse-over highlighting or if there are alternatives for the links in your mouse-over menus, essential information will ...
Contrary to what you may read on the web, Section 508 does not directly apply to private sector web sites or to public sites which are not U.S. Federal agency sites. In fact it doesn't even apply to the Congress or to the Judiciary. It also does not (generally) apply to agencies ...