Section 508 Guidelines

All electronic communication and documentation created by cms employees and contractors must be 508 compliant.

Section 508 guidelines. Guidelines and standards communications it about the section 508 standards guide to the section 508 standards section 508 standards. Section 508 requires that when federal agencies develop procure maintain or use electronic and information technology federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. This guide highlights the changes you need to make to your agency s 508 program to transition to the revised 508 standards.

Collaboration internally and externally on best practices and lessons learned about section. Documents distributed via e mail includes broadcast messages and any attachments. The section 508 standards are part of the federal acquisition regulation far and address access for people with physical sensory or cognitive disabilities.

This includes but is not limited to the following. What is section 508. Guide to the section 508 standards subpart a general.

And accommodate the needs of employees and program participants while meeting the revised 508 requirements. Section 508 of the rehabilitation act 29 u s c. At the department level accessibility actions and implementation are demonstrated through the following examples.

794d as amended by the workforce investment. Hhs wide standards policies guidelines and criteria for section 508 and accessibility. They contain technical criteria specific to various types of technologies and performance based requirements which focus on functional capabilities of covered products.

Your accessibility policies should explain that your agency is obligated to. This section provides references and guidance toward accomplishing that goal. Section 508 and section 501 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 are often confused with each.