[Athen] federal grants requiring web accessibility assurance in proposals

[James L Bailey]

 Hi Howard,
 It is my understanding that the requirements for compliant websites 
 related to the grant are in the grant contract. It's the document the 
 grant recipient signs to get the grant. In fact, I think it's been there 
 for a few years, but (as the story goes) no one really new how check for 
 it.

 But that's changing. A few weeks back I got a distressed call from a 
 faculty person with a grant and she said her PDF was kicked back (from 
 the feds) for not being 508 compliant. I was able to fix it for her and 
 keep things moving.

 So I think it's a real obligation, but has not really been enforced in 
 the past. That seems to be changing.

 ---
 Best regards,

 James

 --

 James Bailey M.S.
 Adaptive Tech Coordinator
 University of Oregon



> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:20:51 -0600

> From: Howard Kramer <hkramer.atsol at gmail.com>

> Subject: [Athen] federal grants requiring web accessibility assurance

> 	in	proposals

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> I've heard anecdotally that federal agencies are now requiring 

> assurance of

> compliance with web accessibility guidelines in grant proposals. 

> However, I

> can't seem to locate any specific mention of this on the web. Any 

> help would

> be appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Howard

>

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> Howard Kramer

> AHG Conference Coordinator

> Access Specialist

> 303-492-8672

> fax: 492-5601

> Disability Services

> Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and 

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