RE: [WCAG2ICT] Regarding your question RE: DoJ's NPRM on website accessibility

Thank you so much Mary Jo!
The default index for public comments does not list names, so it is hard to browse.
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOJ-CRT-2023-0007/comments

Bruce


From: Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com> 
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:20 PM
To: Bruce Bailey <Bailey@Access-Board.gov>; 508 <508@Access-Board.gov>; public-wcag2ict-tf@w3.org
Subject: [WCAG2ICT] Regarding your question RE: DoJ's NPRM on website accessibility

Hi Bruce,

Regarding the DoJ’s (and other regulatory bodies) that are attempting to apply WCAG to websites and mobile applications. I did find ITI’s submitted comments on RIN 1190-AA79; Docket ID No. 144 which encourages the use of WCAG2ICT when applying WCAG to non-web documents and software (including native mobile apps).

In reading the latest proposed language of the California bill AB-1757, it is not applying WCAG to native mobile applications, but only to web-based software usable on a mobile device. When it mentions mobile applications, it is in the context of the definition of a web-based application. There isn’t anything in the bill about native mobile applications.

Best regards,

Mary Jo Mueller
IBM Accessibility Standards Program Manager 

Received on Friday, 29 March 2024 14:18:48 UTC