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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Feb 20, 2015 1:08PM

Thanks, Katie.
But that's the law, not the Access Board's policy.
Congress write laws with a very broad brush, with few specific details so
that the agency that regulates/maintains/enforces the law can tweak its
policies as needed without going to Capitol Hill. (Oh god, save us from
doing that!)

So the law specifies that the Access Board must review and amend the
standards "periodically," but the law doesn't define periodically or put any
more specific time deadlines on the Board's actions.

My question is, still, how does the Access Board define "periodically?"
What's in their policies? Is there anything in their policies (and operating
procedures) that states how quickly they will address changes in standards
and technology? Do they have a workflow, timeline, milestones, etc. for
doing this? Are the policies (or a summary of them) available on the
website? I don't see any.

I work with other government agencies in these areas so I know it's possible
for an agency to set these policies. It's not out of the question.

Right now we're hearing listmembers say, holy cannoli, are we going to wait
another 6.5 years before WCAG 3 is accepted? So far, we don't have a good
answer to that question.

--Bevi Chagnon