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Re: "marked" as compliant?

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Jun 26, 2017 9:11AM

It sounds to me like they just want a statement in the document indicating
that it meets Section 508 requirements. Much like the accessibility link at
the footer of most federal web sites.

Best Wishes,

Jonathan Cohn

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 10:44 AM Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I am not familiar with CMS' checklists, but I thought they just used the
> ones I mentioned. There's not a way to mark it as compliant. Normally the
> appropriate checklist is completed, and maybe another party will double
> check, but that is it. You might to check the file properties window, if
> this is a pdf, and make sure it thinks that it is tagged. Other than that,
> I would ask for clarification from the person or the 508 coordinator.
>
> Your 508 coordinator knows me, tell him to email me at my work address if
> he wants to.
>
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Jun 26, 2017 09:26, "Andrea Miralia" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Ryan,
> > Yes... We're familiar with remediating documents for CMS. What we have
> not
> > seen before is a file actually marked, in some way, as "compliant."
> > Usually, we just remediate the file in Word and PDF and attach the
> > accessibility report. CMS has never asked for a file to be "marked"
> > otherwise; we did not get clarification on what they mean by this. We use
> > the HHS and CMS checklists frequently. But those do not mention "marking"
> > anything or having any sort of addition to a file.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> > Behalf Of Ryan E. Benson
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 9:02 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] "marked" as compliant?
> >
> > Cms is part of HHS, so you should be making the files meet the checklists
> > on http://508.hhs.gov. The link is near the bottom of the page.
> >
> > Ryan E. Benson
> >
> > On Jun 26, 2017 08:09, "Andrea Miralia" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > We remediated a document for CMS, and then got this comment back. I've
> > never seen this before. Anyone know what they want here? Lol
> >
> > "If the materials are not marked as 508 compliant, CMS will still
> proceed
> > with the established meeting but be unable to share provided materials
> > electronically throughout the agency."
> >
> > In the past, we've just included the accessibility report.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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