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Re: "marked" as compliant?

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 26, 2017 10:03AM

The checklist serves that purpose for hhs

Ryan E. Benson

On Jun 26, 2017 11:11, "Jonathan Cohn" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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