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From: Druckman,Geri
Date: Mar 28, 2016 2:43PM

Hi Michael,

This is an excellent point. At the moment I will assume this is not for
our employees, but by the nature of the institution I work for, any
employee may become a client at any given timeÅ 

We do receive federal funding to an extent, and from a conversation I had
with HR, we de need to comply with sections 508, 504, and 503.
I guess I need to dive head first into Section 504 and catch up on my
reading. If you have some guidance that can get me to the right places in
section 504, I¹ll greatly thankful.

Geri Druckman
Web Development Specialist
Accessibility|Usability|QA
MD Anderson Cancer Center



On 3/28/16, 3:31 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Moore,Michael
(Accessibility) (HHSC)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>Hi Geri,
>
>I can see a few potential points of pain for your organization.
>
>Does this application provide access to information or services for which
>your organization receives federal funding? If so you may potentially be
>risking a compliant under section 504.
>
>You may be risking a complaint under the ADA in the following two
>situations.
>
>Does this application provide access to information or services to
>members of the public and is there an accessible alternative to using
>this application available from the same place where you link to the
>external application?
>
>Does this application provide access to information or services to
>employees and/or potential employees and is there an accessible
>alternative to using this application that is available from the same
>places where you link to the external application?
>
>Mike Moore
>Accessibility Coordinator
>Texas Health and Human Services Commission
>Civil Rights Office
>(512) 438-3431 (Office)
>
>