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Re: Status of 508 Refresh

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From: Rick Hill
Date: Oct 10, 2011 10:03AM

Where is this posted on-line?
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Rick Hill, Web CMS Administrator
University Communications, UC Davis
(530) 752-9612




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From: Janet Sylvia < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:06:55 +0000
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Subject: [WebAIM] Status of 508 Refresh

Dear WebAIM,

The US Access Board published this notice Friday Oct 7 about the status of
the 508 Refresh:

"At its July 13, 2011 meeting, the Access Board approved a motion to place
the latest draft of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
guidelines and standards in the rulemaking docket once the Board¹s ad hoc
committee completed its work on the draft, which was expected to be the
end of September. The Board approved this motion to facilitate collecting
cost information and promote harmonization with standards efforts in
Europe. Unfortunately, our work was not completed when we expected.

However, work will be completed before the Board¹s next meeting in
November. Therefore, the staff will be asking the Board to approve the
next version of the ICT rulemaking on November 9. The next version will be
an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; a public comment period will be
provided on the ANPRM. This ANPRM will make changes in content and
structure from the first ANPRM that was issued in March 2010. If the ANPRM
is approved by the Board on November 9, we expect that it will be
published in the Federal Register and made available on our website and
Regulations.gov in early December."



Janet Sylvia
Web Accessibility Group, Co-Leader
University of Georgia