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From: chagnon
Date: Mon, Mar 21 2022 3:18PM
Subject: DOJ issues web accessibility guidance
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Announced by the US Access Board. Note that it addresses state and local
governments and businesses.


Department of Justice Issues Web Accessibility Guidance Under the ADA


The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has published
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aSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAzMjEuNTUyMzE4MDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJo
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9hGINVcWVuPaduw/s/31449366/br/128438610983-l> guidance on web accessibility
and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to inform state and local
governments and businesses open to the public on how to ensure their
websites are accessible to people with disabilities. This guidance uses
plain language and clear examples to review Title II and Title III of the
ADA, the importance of web accessibility, barriers that inaccessible
websites create for some people with disabilities, requirements of the ADA
to web content, and tips on making web content accessible.

Full article is online:
https://www.access-board.gov/news/2022/03/21/department-of-justice-issues-we
b-accessibility-guidance-under-the-ada/

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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Mon, Mar 21 2022 3:21PM
Subject: Re: DOJ issues web accessibility guidance
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Progress!

From: Jeff Kline
Date: Tue, Mar 22 2022 9:19AM
Subject: Re: DOJ issues web accessibility guidance
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Well, its nice that they finally formalized their position by issuing guida=
nce, but this falls way short of codifying digital accessibility into ADA l=
aw.

A more meaningful announcement would have been in the order of a new ANPRM =
on digital / web accessibility regulations or at least that one was in the =
works.

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From: chagnon
Date: Tue, Mar 22 2022 1:54PM
Subject: Re: DOJ issues web accessibility guidance
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US Federal workforce, including at DOJ, was decimated during the T**** rein
of chaos.

Given the unstable atmosphere here in DC, my guess is that it will be a few
more years before they attempt another ANPRM. The last one was shot down by
corporate interests.



My 2 cents worth from the DC sidelines.



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