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This section provides references and guidance toward accomplishing that goal.

Section 508 icon. In 1998 congress amended the rehabilitation act of 1973 to require federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology eit accessible to individuals with disabilities. Documents distributed via e mail includes broadcast messages and. 508 standard pass fail a a text equivalent for every non text element shall be provided e g via alt longdesc or in element content.

Information about the section508 gov website gsa s government wide it accessibility team and guidance to federal agencies on accessible information and communication technology ict. 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. This includes but is not limited to the following.

Please see 1 2 5 below for section 508 conformance guidance which requires audio description 1 2 4 captions live captions are provided for all live audio content in synchronized media. Pdf 508 guide hhs gov. Arrange for a caption provider to caption live events.

In addition to section 508 requirements hhs has policies standards and requirements for electronic documents that include but aren t limited to the following. They contain technical criteria specific to various types of technologies and performance based requirements which focus on functional capabilities of covered products. Defining the tab order.

794 d applies to all federal agencies when they develop procure maintain or use electronic and information technology under section 508 agencies must provide disabled. This means that federal employees with disabilities are able to do their work on the accessible computers phones and equipment in their offices take online training or access the agency s internal website to locate needed information. Showing the document title.

Right click and select page properties 4. If no is answered to any item then the document is not 508 compliant. The purpose of this part is to implement section 508 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 as amended 29 u s c.