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Re: Sec. 508 Refresh (U.S.)

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From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Mar 11, 2014 8:39AM

In the same vain of progressŠ

Has anybody heard anything about RIN 1190-AA65
(http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201110&;RIN=1190-AA6
5) or AA61
(http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201310&;RIN=1190-AA6
1)?

Thanks,
Jon




On 3/10/14, 4:26 PM, "Bourne, Sarah (ITD)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

>Forward progress is good!
>
>Here's a short version of that Very Long link:
>http://1.usa.gov/1i19VOu
>
>sb
>Sarah E. Bourne
>Director of Assistive Technology
>Information Technology Division
>Commonwealth of Massachusetts
>1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
>617-626-4502
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>http://www.mass.gov/itd
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>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 4:08 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: [WebAIM] Sec. 508 Refresh (U.S.)
>
>Just announced by the US Access Board.
>
>The Sec. 508 Refresh has been submitted to the Office of Management and
>Budget (OMB) for review. If cleared, it will be published in the Federal
>Register.
>
>We're getting closer!
>
>The Access Board's announcement is below.
>
>-Bevi Chagnon
>
>.
>
>Update on the U.S. Access Board's Refresh of the Section 508 Standards
>and Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines
>
>The U.S. Access Board is in the process of jointly updating its Section
>508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology and its
>Telecommunications Act (Section 255) Accessibility Guidelines. On
>February 23, the Board submitted a proposed rule to update these
>standards and guidelines to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
>review. OMB has
>90 days to review the rule under Executive Order 12866. Once cleared by
>OMB, the proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register and will
>be available for public comment for a specified period of time.
>
>Further information on this rulemaking is available on the Board's
>website
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