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Re: Regarding Section 508 discussion

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Feb 9, 2015 11:35AM

Just an observation...

I suspect that the point Katie was trying to make is that the lack of progress may be more due to other organizations and processes that the Access Board has to work within rather than due to some internal problem at the Access Board.

If that is the case, it might be more productive to approach the Access Board as an ally to find out what assistance they might need to overcome those challenges.

It definitely makes sense that people would be frustrated with the length of time the Section 508 refresh is taking. Unfortunately, we all make comments that can make it sound like the Access Board is the adversary rather than a partner. And if there are external sources that are making it difficult for the Access Board to make progress, the appearance of those comments probably do not help with fixing the situation.

I definitely would recommend you following your suggestion to contact the Access Board to see if you can get more information on why progress is so slow. That would be a good start in figuring out what might be the most effective thing we can do to get things moving again.

Thanks,
Tim