[Athen] federal grants requiring web accessibility assurance in proposals

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks James. We're getting similar calls from faculty related to grants.

-Howard

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM, James L Bailey <jbailey at uoregon.edu> wrote:


> 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

>> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

>>        <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

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>> >

>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

>>

>> 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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>> fax: 492-5601

>> Disability Services

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