Section 508 Compliance Guidelines

Section 508 and accessibility information and resources available on the hhs intranet and internet.

Section 508 compliance guidelines. 105 220 requires federal agencies to develop procure maintain and use information and communications technology ict that is accessible to people with disabilities regardless of whether or not they work for the federal government. Collaboration internally and externally on best practices and lessons learned about section 508 within acquisitions training evaluations and other areas. Hhs wide standards policies guidelines and criteria for section 508 and accessibility.

This section provides references and guidance toward accomplishing that goal. It also updated guidelines for telecommunications and reorganized section 508 and section 255 guidelines to better align with and reflect recent communication technology innovations. The guidelines affect all federal agencies and vendors contractors and partners of those agencies operating in the united states or abroad.

Original section 508 standards compared to the revised section 508 standards overview of what s changed may 2017 wcag 2 0 and the revised section 508 standards practical advice for implementing the new standards march 2017. Scope 1194 1 1194 5 subpart b technical standards. Micro purchases and section 508 requirements how to make micro purchases that conform with the revised 508 standards technology accessibility playbook.

Software applications and operating systems 1194 21 web based intranet and internet information and applications 1194 22. Section 508 refresh ict final standards and guidelines overview of new standards january 2017 old versus new. On january 18 2017 the united states access board published the final rule information and communication technology ict standards and guidelines in the federal register.

This includes but is not limited to the following. 794d as amended by the workforce investment act of 1998 p l. All electronic communication and documentation created by cms employees and contractors must be 508 compliant.

The final rule includes revisions and updates to the section 508 based standards and section 255 based guidelines and is effective march 20 2017. On january 18 2017 the board published a final rule that updates the section 508 standards along with accessiblity guidelines for telecommunication products and equipment covered by section 255 of the communications act. Subpart a general.