Bad Purchases Made Better Through Implementation
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Improve product accessibility reporting tools
- live, online creation, indexing, and searchability
- real-time training for vendors and buyers alike on the meaning of the provisions and any product-category-specific guidance
- room to report testing results and workarounds
- AT compatibility info,... more »
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A Metric with No Measure
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“Best Meets” Needs to be Echoed in the FAR
Section 508 requires agencies to select the product that best meets the Section 508 standards, but the FAR does not buttress the concept. A strategic plan that pledges to include “best meets” in the FAR would be welcomed. Recently case law stated that the FAR supersedes the “best meets” concept in Section 508 (an over simplification of a complicated decision but at its heart true).
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Give awards
If regulation is the "stick", then perhaps awards are the "carrot." It would not be right to give awards for mere compliance, but what about awards for innovative solutions, program excellence, fewest complaints, most improvement...?
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Standardized government-wide testing methodology
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Stress 508 Compliance to Support 501/503 and 504 Obligations
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Agency Web Application Metric
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Continuous Improvement and Accountability
Continuous Improvement Exemplary Practices: 1. Methods for ensuring continuous improvement and 2. Accountability mechanisms.
Three key methods for ensuring continuous improvement: designate responsible persons/offices, encourage participation by individuals with disabilities and outside experts, and establish measurable objectives and benchmarks.
Designate responsibility: Example-Chief Technology... more »
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Establish Deadline for 508 compliance for old systems
Many agencies have old "grandfathered" systems that are not 508 compliant. This creates problems because assistive technologies do not work with these systems. There needs to be a time limit that requires agencies to replace/scrap these non-compliant systems by a certain date. We need to put some teeth into the 508 requirements.