Many people ask how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ensures Section 508 compliance in Agile projects – especially when Section 508 testing is still largely manual. The short answer ...

For those who are not aware, Section 508 refers to a 1998 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act requiring government agencies to give “disabled employees and members of the public access to information ...

Each year, hundreds of lawsuits are filed against organizations in the United States because their websites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Sadly, many people are unaware of the legal ...

Research has found that only 3% of the web is considered accessible, meaning that disabled users can’t properly access most of the content online. Having an accessible website isn’t just good practice ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs “did not effectively manage website accessibility to ensure Section 508 compliance,” according to an audit conducted by the department’s Office of Inspector General.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa, chair of the Senate Committee on Aging, introduced a new proposal last week meant to improve the accessibility of federal websites and IT. The proposal, called the Federal Agency ...

General Services Administration Administrator Robin Carnahan testifies before a House Oversight and Accountability Committee oversight hearing on Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin ...

Section 508 of the Rehabili-tation Act Amendments of 1998 requires government agencies to make the information technologies that they procure accessible to ...

SECTION 508 REGULATION standards are strict and far-reaching, just as the federal government intended. The regulation, overseen by the U.S. Federal Access Board and published on Dec. 21, 2000, forces ...

The Veterans Affairs Department has made some progress in improving the accessibility of its websites and public-facing IT systems but still faces significant oversight concerns when it comes to ...