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Re: Is the accessibility of a 3rd party that represent me still my concern?

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From: Kelly Lupo
Date: Mar 28, 2016 3:02PM

The actual standards can be found on access-board.gov
<https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards>,
and WebAIM.org has a breakdown of the regulations
<http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist>; that is absolutely wonderful in
terms of translating them from legalese into English. (WebAIM also has a
PDF version of the checklist, if you want to print it
<http://webaim.org/standards/508/508checklist.pdf>;.)

Additionally, WebAIM also has a Chrome plug-in for checking compliance
<http://wave.webaim.org/extension/>;, as well as a web-based compliance
checker <http://wave.webaim.org/>; if you can't install things.

Both sites have tons of resources that I've found helpful in my starting to
learn about Section 508. (WebAIM also has WCAG 2.0 guidelines, as well.)

Kelly

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Druckman,Geri < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> >Behalf Of Druckman,Geri
> >Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 3:21 PM
> >To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >Subject: [WebAIM] Is the accessibility of a 3rd party that represent me
> >still my concern?
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Here¹s a dilema I have, and I seek your advice hoping any of you have had
> >to deal with a similar situation before.
> >The institution I work for is in negotiations over a contract with a
> >vendor that will supply us with a web based application solution. This
> >will NOT be hosted on our servers in any way, it is 100% on the vendors
> >side, and our clients will receive an email with a link, directing them
> >to the vendors site, where they will need to interact with said
> >application.
> >
> >At the moment to vendor claims not to be section 508 / WCAG compliant and
> >is seeking an exemption in the contract.
> >
> >My dilemma is, although we have nothing to do with the development or
> >hosting of said application, we are still sending our clients over to
> >that site to interact with it. Is it still within my institutions
> >responsibility to make sure that this vendor is accessible, or is this
> >all on them?
> >
> >Any information is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Geri Druckman
> >
> >(cross post with wai-ig)
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