National Dialogue on Improving the Section 508 Program

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  Stress 508 Compliance to Support 501/503 and 504 Obligations

  Affected individuals have difficulty lodging complaints against Section 508 because the enforcement model is based on procurement remedies. The result is that most unresolved E&IT complaints devolve into Section 501/503 (anti-discrimination), or more predominantly, Section 504 (reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals) issues. The Strategic plan should emphasize the importance of Section 508 compliance in aiding ...more »

  Affected individuals have difficulty lodging complaints against Section 508 because the enforcement model is based on procurement remedies. The result is that most unresolved E&IT complaints devolve into Section 501/503 (anti-discrimination), or more predominantly, Section 504 (reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals) issues. The Strategic plan should emphasize the importance of Section 508 compliance in aiding Section 501/503 and Section 504, and more importantly, in minimizing the cost of meeting these other Sections of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. After all, they are all parts of the same law and federal agencies (and many organizations receiving Federal funds) are obligated to all of these Sections.

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  Submitted by 508 Govt Professional 1 year ago

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  Harmonize on 508

  Section 508 is unique among federal accessibility requirements in that it gets into a lot of technical detail. The upcoming version will do even more of that, being based on WCAG 2.0 and its interpretations for non-web. Industry correctly argues that having different standards and requirements is confusing and ultimately self-defeating. Wherever possible, federal accessibility regulations (ADA, ACAA, CVAA, 501, 503, ...more »

  Section 508 is unique among federal accessibility requirements in that it gets into a lot of technical detail. The upcoming version will do even more of that, being based on WCAG 2.0 and its interpretations for non-web.

  Industry correctly argues that having different standards and requirements is confusing and ultimately self-defeating.

  Wherever possible, federal accessibility regulations (ADA, ACAA, CVAA, 501, 503, 504, etc.) should refer back to Section 508 -- not in how it's implemented, which needs to be different in different situations and jurisdictions, but in what the technological requirements are. This will increase clarity and enforceability.

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  Submitted by Jim Tobias 1 year ago

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