Section 508 Standards Guide

794d as amended by the workforce investment act of 1998 p l.

Section 508 standards guide. The resources in this section were developed by federal agencies and shared here for your convenience. Note much of this guidance predates the revised 508 standards. Section 508 of the rehabilitation act 29 u s c.

Task 2 define accessibility requirements. Follow the revised 508 standards to ensure your information and communication technology ict is accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities. Conformance to requirements for software authoring tools requirement in the revised 508 standards.

This guide highlights the changes you need to make to your agency s 508 program to transition to the revised 508 standards. Federal agencies are required to comply with the revised standards as of january 18 2018. Section 508 requires that when federal agencies develop procure maintain or use electronic and information technology federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.

Resources for developers and document authors guidance on how to develop and author accessible electronic content. Revised 508 standards transition guide. Section 508 of the rehabilitation act 29 u s c.

Federal government revised 508 standards transition workgroup and gsa shows how to integrate the standards into an existing 508 program. Task 1 update agency policies. Software applications and operating systems 1194 21 web based intranet and internet information and applications 1194 22 telecommunications products 1194 23 video and multimedia products 1194 24 self contained closed products 1194 25 desktop and portable.

The resources in this section were developed by federal agencies and shared here for your convenience. Note much of this guidance predates the revised 508 standards. 794d requires that federal agencies electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities including employees and members of the public.