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Re: US Section 508 question

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From: Michael Moore
Date: Jun 17, 2013 1:58PM

The interpretation of 508 for state of Texas agencies is that we have to
consider the date of the posting. So if I were to scan a document today
that was created in 1958 I would still need to make it compliant before
posting on-line or distributing the electronic version in the agency.


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Jonathan Metz
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I’m totally curious about something.
>
> Recently I tagged a document in PDF that was a scan from 1998. I’m
> wondering if technically it didn’t need to be Section 508 compliant, since
> the document was created prior to June 25, 2001. However, it (most likely)
> was created as a PDF after June 25, 2001, though.
>
> It wasn’t a big deal to make it accessible. I’m really just curious about
> this, as it was the first time this has come up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon Metz
> > > >