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From: Spruill Kevin
Date: May 13, 2008 3:30PM

Cliff,

As Dept. of State is a government agency, they are required by law
(Section 508) to be compliant w/ those standards not the more stringent
WCAG rules. A quick test reveals provisional failures there as well. You
should send the webmaster an email noting that.

Which reminds me, Kara I vaguely recall seeing something in recent case
law that stated that Organizations receiving funds from the govt. had to
meet the 504 requirements, and by extension 508 - this might just be a
limited finding (California I believe). Not sure, but I'll dig around.
That might be useful in contacting the vendors and asking them to fill
out a detailed VPAT for your institution.

Kevin Spruill
IT Specialist
Information Resources Accessibility Program
OS:CIO:ES:BI:CS:IRAP:IT
Phone: (202) 283-7059
IRAP Web site: http://irap.web.irs.gov