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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Fri, May 11 2007 9:50 PM
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This is good for the Part A discussion.
With regard to the Performance and Technical Criteria, all of those
criteria should be for the full product.
- we wouldn't want to say that any provision is met if only part of
the product meets the provision.
- As long as in part A we don't require that all products meet all
provisions
Then in Part A we can then talk about which product "best meets" the
provisions. As Robert points out, we don't want to require that only
products which meet all the provisions can be purchased.
Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
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To: Subpart A Workgroup TEITAC
Subject: [teitac-subparta] Best Meets
Robert Baker, SSA shared the following comments with the General Workgroup
in relation to the discussion surrounding Best Meets vs. Full Use
Functional Performance Criteria. I thought that his summary was also
important for members of the Subpart A workgroup to look at.
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vs. Full UseinFunctional PerformanceCriteria
To clarify what "Best meets" means.
In a perfect world, Section 508 compliance would be a binary decision; a
product would either be compliant or non-compliant.
The reality is:
There are products that address a specific standard - but not throughout the
entire product.
There are products that address some of the applicable standards - but not
all of them.
There are products that meet all of the technical standards throughout the
entire product, but do not meet all of the 508 functional requirements.
It is rare to find a product the fully meets all applicable standards
throughout the entire product and meets all the functional requirements.
It is even rarer to find a product that fully adheres to Section 508 that
ALSO fully meets the agency's mandatory technical requirements, which define
what the agency needs to accomplish its mission.
A black and white view of 508 compliance is a lofty goal, and I look forward
to the time when 508 coordinators and their procurement partners have
products to choose from that verifiably meet all the requirements and
standards. Until then, a multi-faceted understanding of what constitutes
"best meets" will be needed to execute the intent behind the law.
Robert Baker
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Robert Baker
Social Security Administration
Section 508 Coordinator
SSA Accessibility Resource Center
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