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RE: are accessibility audits mandetory in any nation?

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Sep 4, 2006 10:50AM

Universities under 508? Nope. Only Federal agencies, not even the Judiciary
or Congress. Some argue that receipt of federal dollars requires 508
compliance - it doesn't.

There is one exception to that las statement - sort of. States that receive
funds through the Assistive Technology Act (see
http://www.ataporg.org/aboutus.asp) are required to provide an assurance of
508 compliance. From the ATAP site:

<blockquote>
States which receive Federal funds under the Assistive Technology Act of
1998 are required by that Act to provide an assurance of compliance with
Section 508. Currently all states and territories receive Assistive
Technology Act dollars and all have some form of Section 508 assurance.
These state Section 508 assurances most frequently take the form of a simple
assurance statement with limited or no specifics regarding implementation.
</blockquote>

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Jim

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