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Re: Types of documents that must be accessible

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Apr 16, 2017 12:20PM

My reading of the US Federal Section 508 rules is that all documents provided by the contractor to the government and all government created documents must be accessible if possible. (I know of no great way to create a flow chart or Network topology diagram that is accessible).

Documents and sites that the contractor use internally are not required (unfortunately) to be accessible. The worst offender I have seen is that a significant number of federal contractors use the Deltec Time and Expense system which can in no way be described as accessible. The only way I know to check if I am entering time on the correct project and day is to view the ID of the entry field.


Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Apr 16, 2017, at 10:53 AM, Alan Zaitchik < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> For any government contracted work, apart from documents presented to the public over the web, would 508 accessibility requirements apply to other documents prepared in the course of executing the contract? I have in mind documents that government overseers of contracts might want to be given, whether for oversight and auditing purposes or for archival purposes.
> Examples include summaries of planning calls and teleconferences by the developers with or without government personnel. Do these summaries, often shared in emails, need to be 508 compliant?
> Does this depend on the specific federal (or state or other) agency? On the specific contract for the project in question?
> In any even what is the usual practice today?
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> Thanks,
> A
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