What is Section 508什么是508节.pptVIP

Section 508 Survived Year One, on to Year Two Reviewing the Process, Lessons Learned, and What to Expect What is Section 508? Part of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Provides same level of access to those with disabilities as to those without. Effective June 21, 2001. A law with definitive legal teeth. Includes development, procurement, use and maintenance of EIT HW and SW. Frequent Section 508 Questions Q. What is difference between Sections 501/504 and 508? Q. Does Section 508 include contractors? Q. What does the “E” stand for in EIT? Q. If you have no disabled employees, does your procurement/system still have to be compliant? Important Points to Remember Only pertains to EIT procurements that people can interface with. Grandfather clause. EIT procurements under $2500 Only Federal Agencies responsible for compliance; contractors are not liable no matter what they claim, sign or agree to. More Section 508 Questions Q. Does additional memory for a PC have to be compliant? Why? Q. What about a modem? Q. What about paper or paper documents? Q. Can you release a product that is not totally compliant and fix it later? Q. Does annual SW maintenance agreement have to be compliant? Why? Accessibility Tools (AT) Q. What are the USPTO baseline AT? Q. Why have an AT baseline? Q. Who is responsible to ensure that the AT work with your system? Q. Does every PC have to have AT on it? Q. If JAWS can not read your system, does that mean it is not compliant? Why? Different Areas of 508 We will be discussing the following Section 508 areas: Procurement Software Development Internet and Intranet Each has its own process and checklist. Procurement Dissecting the Standards Standards consist of three subparts. Subpart B – technical standards for six categories of products. Subpart C – functional performance criteria (if not covered by Subpart B). Subpart D – Information and documentation requirements. Procurement Processing a Request Determine your function