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From: Katie Haritos-Shea
Date: Feb 7, 2015 5:14AM

Just as an aside. You might actually want to get off the back of the US
Access Board - they are awaiting on the oversight and approval of their
proposed new standards' financial/budgetary implementation by OMB. There
are still a few more steps before a final rule is published in the Federal
Register - which in the US government space is the official launch of a new
standard or regulation.

* katie *

Katie Haritos-Shea @ GMAIL
On Feb 7, 2015 12:27 AM, "John Foliot" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Chagnon | PubCom wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for catching those details, John (JF).
>
> NP, and really, it was only to be specific about the roles we and they all
> play.
>
> > I'll refrain from more discussion about who controls what at the ISO as
> > it's not for this public discussion.
>
> I'll agree that it is off-topic at this point, however at some level I
> think
> that it is important that we all have a basic understanding of how all the
> pieces fit together. And if anyone ever wants to ask a question in that
> realm, they can contact me directly, and I'll try to help.
>
> >
> > I think we all agree on one issue:
> > There are a lot of standards-writing organizations (boards, committees,
> > whatever), but none of those standards can be enforced until someone
> > adopts them, such as through government legislation that mandates
> > adhering to particular standards.
>
> Yep.
>
> >
> > And those of us in the US probably unanimously agree on another:
> > Please please please, US Access Board, get the 508 refresh out!
> > This is a huge embarrassment. We have the tools and software to make
> > most documents fully accessible, without blowing the US budget. It's
> > "do-able."
>
> Agreed! It will be interesting to see how hot a topic this will be at this
> year's CSUN.
>
> JF
>
>
> > > >