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From: McDonald, Jennifer
Date: Jun 6, 2011 10:21AM

The company that I work for has been notified that our website and
web-based applications will be tested to determine "how well it complies
with the standards of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in
1998". We do work on behalf of the Department of Education. Has anyone
been through this before? While we feel confident that we're indeed
accessible, we're wondering which standards they'll use to test by.
I've been performing all of my analysis based on WCAG 2 - and I've been
researching Section 508 Refresh. Do they use real people to test
objectively? Or do they run it through a validator?

If anyone has had any experience with a government accessibility review
I would love to hear about it.

Thanks,

Jennifer McDonald
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
Ecommerce - Assistant Web Producer
Web Design and User Experience



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