- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 19:34:14 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Re William's remark that section 508 should require that Web authoring tools purchased for used by government agencies produce accessible output, and Kynn's rejoinder that we can't expect a goverment agency to make that sort of technical decision... Actually, government agencies have access to CITA (Center for Information Technology Accommodation, a consultative organization that helps agencies accommodate employees with disabilities. CITA was a pioneer in web accessibilty--they had HTML guidelines years ago. So the technical expertise is there. And there's applicable law. The key is the policy that implements the law and the vigor with which that policy is enforced. I don't know what the current 508 policy situation is--there are likely other folks on this list who know it better--but personally I'd support getting maximum milage from it. CITA's home page is http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/coca/ Their HTML guidelines are at http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/coca/wwwcode.htm Len kasday@acm.org
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