US DOJ ADA Title II Rulemaking RE: AGENDA & Reviews - AGWG Meeting April 9th 2024

Bruce (and others) as a follow-up to the DOJ’s rulemaking, I’m a little perplexed that in the DOJ’s comments on the rulemaking they assert that people can use equivalent facilitation to meet the technical requirements via WCAG 2.2 and not WCAG 2.1.  That is – they either don’t understand the backwards compatibility of WCAG 2.x or that since they cited the 2018 version of WCAG 2.1 they are not accepting of the removal of SC 4.1.1 from WCAG 2.2 keeping backwards compatibility.

The Department notes that this rule provides for equivalent facilitation in § 35.203, meaning public entities could choose to comply with this rule by conforming their web content to WCAG 2.2 Level AA because WCAG 2.2 Level AA provides substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability as compared to WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

They then go on to say “Future amendments or revisions of the publication are not included. “

Jonathan

From: Bruce Bailey <Bailey@Access-Board.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 1:03 PM
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Minutes are available at:  https://www.w3.org/2024/04/09-ag-minutes.html


I was asked to provide a little more context for link I provided during the call, please see below.
The text of the rule, at present, is only available as a PDF.
When published to the Federal Register<https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department> the default presentation is well formatted HTML.


From: U.S. Department of Justice <usdoj@public.govdelivery.com<mailto:usdoj@public.govdelivery.com>>
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 5:03 PM
Subject: Attorney General Signs Title II Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities


The Attorney General has signed a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which applies to State and local government entities, to improve web and mobile application (app) access for people with disabilities. The rule clarifies how State and local governments can meet their existing ADA obligations as many of their activities move to the digital space. This rule will ensure that people with disabilities can better access important programs and activities like health care, transportation information, and education, through web content and mobile apps.

The Department will send the final rule to the Federal Register for publication. A press release on this rule has also been issued.<https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-publish-final-rule-strengthen-web-and-mobile-app-access-people>

To find out more about the ADA, visit ada.gov<https://www.ada.gov/> or call the Justice Department’s toll-free ADA information line at 1-800-514-0301 (voice) or 1-833-610-1264 (TTY).


From: Bradley Montgomery, Rachael L <rmontgomery@loc.gov<mailto:rmontgomery@loc.gov>>
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 9:40 AM
To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org<mailto:w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>>
Subject: AGENDA & Reviews - AGWG Meeting April 9th 2024


The AGWG will be meeting on Tuesday, 9th of April 2024 at 11.00 AM Eastern US (Length: up to 2 hours).



Agenda

First 90 minutes - WCAG 3
·        Subgroup updates
·        Exploratory Guidelines and Outcomes <https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/60> (Review and comment before meeting)
·        Text Alternatives Conversation Continued


Last 30 minutes - WCAG 2 Issues (Review and comment before meeting)

·                  Proposed substantive changes (changes that meaningfully add or alter existing non-normative guidance)
o        Clarification for applicability of F15 technique & 4.1.2 #3754
o        Update Input Purposes list to remove transaction-amount #3539 (Normative)
·                  Proposed editorial changes (small improvements to language intended to clarify existing guidance)
o        Add clarification regarding specific pages within a set of web pages that lack a help mechanism #3744
o        SC 2.5.7 Dragging Movements Understanding Doc - 2.5.1 link now points to WCAG 2.2 instead of WCAG 2.1 #3752
o        Update W3C staff contact from Michael to Kevin #3751
o        Add alt text to images #3762
o        Add references between failure techniques and Focus Appearance understanding #3763
·                  Proposed responses to issues (for which we are not going to create a PR)
o        3.3.2 and Required Fields #3553
·                  Bug fixes (trivial editorial corrections such as typos and broken links)
o        Merge pr3381 and pr3738 #3757

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Rachael