Re: Section 508 Auditing

Sorry about that. I was referring to the Office of Civil Rights. Our audit
clients typically have requested an audit because they received a complaint
from the Office of Civil Rights in the US. For those who have not received
a complaint, we still provide them with the same information so they are
able to make an informed decision on their own.

Thanks!

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 6:05 AM, Batusic, Mario <mario.batusic@fabasoft.com>
wrote:

> Hi Steeve, Kelly, All
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> Thanks a lot for the Info you provided: it will help me to find the right
> auditor organization.
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> @Kelly: What does it mean “OCR” in this context? I know only Optical
> Character Recognition under this Abbr.
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> Thanks.
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> Mario
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> *Von:* Kelly Childs <kelly@schoolwebmasters.com>
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2018 14:44
> *An:* Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile <chaals@yandex.ru>
> *Cc:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk>
> *Betreff:* Re: Section 508 Auditing
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> There are no "listed requirements." For our audit clients, we submit a
> document stating what we believe qualifies us. It basically states what we
> feel makes us an expert in accessibility standards including our
> methodology and experience. I definitely recommend using someone who uses
> actual disabled users to perform testing. OCR approves us as an auditor and
> then we complete the audit. I recommend asking any company or individual
> you look at to provide you with their qualifications and then decide which
> one you feel is most qualified. If for some reason they are not qualified,
> OCR would not approve them as an auditor.
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> Hope this helps!
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> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 3:43 AM, Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile <
> chaals@yandex.ru> wrote:
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> 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.
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> There is no requirement for an auditor - so no requirements on who the
> auditor is...
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> cheers
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> We are a UK company and we have done Section 508 audits in the past, even
> when the testing requirements were different from WCAG..
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> 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.
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> Steve Green
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> 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
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> Hi Chaals,
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> 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.
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> Still an other question: Must the auditor organization be an US Company to
> be accepted?
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> Mario
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> *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
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> On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:19:50 +0200, Batusic, Mario <
> mario.batusic@fabasoft.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have two questions:
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>    1. 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.
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>    1. 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?
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> 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.
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> It would be good if there were people who clearly used an agreed
> methodology and for whom you could get reviews.
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> 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.
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> 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...)
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> Sorry the answer is so vague. That's how it is...
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> cheers
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> Chaals
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> Thanks a lot in advance.
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> Mario
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