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From: chagnon@pubcom.com
Date: Jun 22, 2018 11:16AM

ICT = Information Communications Technology.
Broad term to define any digital file format that communicates information.
So broad that it can define just about anything created or used on a digital
device / computer, regardless of the file format, method of distribution,
device used to access or read it, or how it is stored.

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Andrea Miralia
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 12:54 PM
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What is "ICT?"

Anyway, my question was more... If the Excel spreadsheet is compliant before
data is entered, it shouldn't really change after the data is entered. The
participants won't be adding formulas or merging cells (and in fact, we
might lock the documents so that they can't), so ... it seems unnecessary
to re-remediate them and make sure they're still compliant after the data
has been entered.



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Jonathan Avila
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] When is 508 required? :)

While Section 508 is generally enforced through procurement it covers the
use, maintenance, and development of ICT as well. Employees and members of
the public have a civil right to access ICT in a comparable manner available
to people without disabilities. There are 9 types of non-public documents
that are covered by Section 508 to ensure that information needed by
citizens of this country and employees with disabilities can have the same
access as others.

Jonathan

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Andrea Miralia
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] When is 508 required? :)


One thing I am wondering is why, in the past, other contractors have
remediated the Excel spreadsheets both before *and after* the individual
companies have filled them out. This seems unnecessary to me, as again, the
spreadsheets are not being published anywhere; they're just being used to
manage information like company name and address and membership numbers.

Anyone know why both the blank spreadsheets and the filled-in spreadsheets
would have to be compliant? Seems excessive.



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This is interesting. As the section 508 is about procurement. Thus Excel
needs to be accessible. But does spreadsheets from a third-party need to be?
If you are selling them a service maybe? This is a legal question in deed.

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Hi all,

I'm wondering about a potential request that may be coming my way. A
government client wants to make sure a few thousand Excel documents are 508
compliant, but these documents will be exchanged privately between the
companies and the government. They won't be publicly available, and there
aren't any employees accessing these files who need them to be 508
compliant. One of my colleagues said they need to be compliant because "you
never know" who might be working on the documents in the future. But what is
the law, really? I am looking, of course, but I figured I'd ask all of you,
too.




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