[Athen] federal grants requiring web accessibility assurance in
proposals
Heidi Scher
hascherdss at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 06:40:28 PDT 2011
Thanks for the update, Howard! Any ideas to whom do we kick back all those
fed PDFs that aren't accessible???
Heidi
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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
ARKU 104
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
479.575.3646 tdd
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at colorado.edu> wrote:
> 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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>>> 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
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