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From: Bevi Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Oct 5, 2010 9:24PM

Interesting to note that the U.S. Department of Justice's Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (A.N.P.R. dated July 23, 2010,
http://www.ada.gov/anprm2010/web%20anprm_2010.htm ) is asking for public
comments on all facets of implementation of accessibility standards,
including:
-- Costs and benefits of website regulations (section E.)
-- Impact on small entities that maintain websites (section F.)

To clarify, Section 508 covers only federal information and technology
(including products and services provided to the federal government), but
not the private sector. http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/brochure.htm

DOJ's proposed rule will cover private section information technology. So
between the 2 sets of regulations, pretty much everything will need to be
accessible in the U.S., private, federal government and local/state
governments.

Since most of these regulations and guidelines have yet to be fully enacted,
it certainly will keep us all on our toes as they are rolled out over the
next year or two.

--Bevi Chagnon

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US Dept of Justice (they, along with at least the Dept of Education,
administer the ADA) expects websites to be tested at least annually by
people with disabilities. DoJ responds to complaints and self-initiates
inspections through it's Project Civic Access. See
http://www.ada.gov/civicfac.htm.