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Re: How can a government agency equate compliance or accessibility to dollars?

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From: Don Mauck
Date: Mar 25, 2015 8:39AM

For me, I always say that "the difference between being proactive and reactive is about 8 zeros". I'm not kidding, it certainly can be.
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From: Meacham, Steve - FSA, Kansas City, MO [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 8:36 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] How can a government agency equate compliance or accessibility to dollars?

Government §508 projects, such as standing up automation support for testing, or making any other sort of costly, time consuming, or non-trivial change, seems to take forever and/or never reach completion. Such projects get peoples' "spare time" and even "spare people." My theory is that §508 isn't typically considered "mission-oriented," so it is seemingly overlooked, ignored, or de-prioritized.

I'm looking for a way to communicate the urgency and necessity to others to a cross-functional project team. I think that equating dollars to success/failure may be the way to go in this particular environment. Do you have any suggestions on how that can be done?