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From: Kara Zirkle
Date: May 13, 2008 3:50PM

Thanks Kevin,

I do know that the Commonwealth of Virginia has adopted some of the same
rules and regulations similar to Section 508 for state agencies and
state Universities, so we do therefore apply. However, the applications
I had mentioned before are all applications that are currently being
used and though I completely understand the use of the VPAT my
experience is they aren't very accurate and since the applications are
already implemented I'm not quite sure how they may help in this case
unless we are up for a renewal or something with the applications.

Thanks,

Kara Zirkle
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Assistive Technology Initiative
Thompson Hall RM 114 Mail Stop: 6A11
Fairfax Campus
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-9815
Fax: 703-993-4743
http://www.gmu.edu/accessibility/ati/home.html



Spruill Kevin wrote:
>
> 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
>
>