Re: Section 508 Auditing

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:17:59 +0200, Steve Green  
<steve.green@testpartners.co.uk> wrote:

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> I am not aware of any requirement for the auditor organization be a US  
> company.

There is no requirement for an auditor - so no requirements on who the  
auditor is...

cheers

>
> We are a UK company and we have done Section 508 audits in the past,  
> even when the testing requirements were different from WCAG.
>
>
> A VPAT would be the obvious way to report the level of compliance. There  
> isn’t a standard format for a VPAT but all the ones I have seen >are  
> largely similar. We took the best parts of everyone else’s to make ours  
> – I’m happy to share it if that’s useful. There are lots on the web >if  
> you do a search, but be aware that VPATs are used for all sorts of ICT  
> systems, not just web applications, so some will contain a lot of >stuff  
> you don’t need.
>
>
> Steve Green
>
> Managing Director
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> Test Partners Ltd
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> From: Batusic, Mario <mario.batusic@fabasoft.com>Sent: 10 October 2018  
> 09:17
> To: Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile <chaals@yandex.ru>;  
> w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: AW: Section 508 Auditing
>
>
> Hi Chaals,
>
>
> Thanks a lot. That is not so nice from the US Gov that I have now to  
> gues, who knos his job and hwo does’nt.
>
>
> Still an other question: Must the auditor organization be an US Company  
> to be accepted?
>
>
> Mario
>
>
> Von: Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile <chaals@yandex.ru>Gesendet:  
> Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2018 09:53
> An: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Batusic, Mario <mario.batusic@fabasoft.com>
> Betreff: Re: Section 508 Auditing
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:19:50 +0200, Batusic, Mario  
> <mario.batusic@fabasoft.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I have two questions:
>> Do I understand right the updated Section 508 from the year 2017 that  
>> adopts WCAG 2.0 A and AA as the measure for the >>accessibility of  
>> websites and web apps?
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>
>
> I think that is the gist of it. You should check of course.
>
>
>> What is the way for a company to successfully show, that its web app is  
>> accessible according to Section 508?
>> I think there is no Sect508 certificate available? Who should audit our  
>> web app so that the evaluation results are confident and >>accepted in  
>> USA?
>
>
> Somebody who undestands what they are doing. I don't know that there is  
> a list of "accepted suppliers", for certification, so you have to do  
> your due diligence yourself.
>
>
> It would be good if there were people who clearly used an agreed  
> methodology and for whom you could get reviews.
>
> As a quick start, anyone who uses an entirely automated process (with no  
> human help) is unlikely to do a good evaluation, and anyone who doesn't  
> use any tooling to >look at your entire site might risk costing more  
> money than necessary.
>
> There are a number of accessibility companies that are W3C members  
> partivipating in the work of *defining* WCAG. That doesn't prove they  
> know what they are doing >and that they do it well, but it is certainly  
> a good sign, in my opinion. (There are also accessibility consultants  
> who for one reason or other do not do that but are good...)
>
>
> Sorry the answer is so vague. That's how it is...
>
>
> cheers
>
>
> Chaals
>
>
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>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>>
>>
>> Mario
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>> Mario Batusic
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>> Accessibility Engineer
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