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Re: the new section508.gov site's accessibility

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From: mike.osborne@accease.com
Date: Jul 28, 2010 3:51PM

Trying to work out the correct response - laugh, scream, cry or just shake
my head a lot - at the very least they seem to have failed to use the
BuyAccessible wizard they tout.

> Hello,
>
> This has been making the rounds on Twitter - a blog post written by Dennis
> Lembree that identifies several accessibility gaps on the home page of the
> new section508.gov web site
> http://webaxe.blogspot.com/2010/07/critique-new-section-508-web-site.html
>
> As I tweeted, what does it say when the chief US gov agency promoting IT
> accessibility is not where it needs to be with their own site?
>
> Jennison
>
>
> --
> Jennison Mark Asuncion
> Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network <www.adaptech.org>
> LinkedIn at <www.linkedin.com/in/jennison>
>
>