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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 28, 2017 6:47PM

Andrea,
I recommend reaching out to CMS' 508 Coordinator for official guidance. The
checklist is how the Department judges if a file is compliant or not. This
is outlined in HHS Section 508 Policy, section 5.13.f (
https://www.hhs.gov/ocio/policy/508_policy.html#513AllHHSStaff)
Will ensure that contractors and vendors provide complete and accurate
HHS Section 508 Acceptance Checklists for all ICT being developed,
procured, maintained or used by HHS employees and by the public sites,
websites and applications.

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Ryan E. Benson

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Andrea Miralia <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> I've been the 508 person at my company (a contractor for CMS) for 2 1/2
> years now, and we've never been asked nor trained to attach nor complete
> the HHS checklist, a footer, or add a medallion. We *do* follow the
> checklists as part of our procedures to make documents compliant, but not
> as a formal part of submission. (We treat the checklists as just internal
> reminders, not as deliverables.) We've never been asked to submit anything
> additional. When we deliver our documents, we deliver accessibility reports
> (separately, not attached) for each document. With that said, we've never
> received any communication from a 508 person at CMS!
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> Andréa Miralia
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