Section 508 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which requires that electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the Federal government be accessible to people with disabilities. On August 7, 1998, the President signed into law the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which includes the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. Section 508 was originally added to the Rehabilitation Act in 1986; the 1998 amendments significantly expand and strengthen the technology access requirements in Section 508. Learn more about Section 508 from the Federal Access Board. States that receive funding under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 must comply with Section 508 guidelines.
Section of the amended Rehabilitation Act requiring all federal agencies to make their electronic and information technologies available to people with disabilities.
Section 508 (the 1998 Amendment to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act) requires the federal government to make all goods and services - including Web pages - fully accessible. It identifies specific standards for Internet and Web accessibility, which are often used as a basis for evaluating whether or not Web sites meet accessibility requirements.
Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act was amended in 1998 to establish a legal requirement of federal agencies in the US to both use and provide information and communication technology that is accessible to disabled people. The Section 508 Standard includes technical criteria for accessibility to be met by web sites of federal organisations.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, is a U.S. law requiring electronic technology used by the government to be accessible. Specific requirements are maintained by the Access Board in the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (36 CFR Part 1194). This standard is structured as a set of provisions, each identified by a paragraph. There are 16 paragraphs applicable to web technology, most of which correspond to WCAG checkpoints.
The section of the Rehabilitation Act that requires any electronic information developed, procured, maintained, or used by the federal government be accessible to people with disabilities. As a result of new requirements added to the Rehabilitation Act in 1998, guidelines for electronic information -- including Web sites -- have been developed and were adopted on December 21, 2000. All electronic information created or acquired by any federal agency or department on or after June 21, 2001 must comply with these accessibility standards. Congress is not yet subject to these standards.
The section of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act that states that all electronic and information technology procured, used, or developed by the federal government after June 25, 2001, must be accessible to people with disabilities. Affected technology includes hardware such as copiers, fax machines, telephones, and other electronic devices as well as application software and web sites. See http://www.section508.gov/.
The section of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 pertaining to the accessibility of items procured by the Federal government including electronic and information technologies.
is a component of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and was strengthened in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which mandates that all electronic and information technology produced and disseminated by federal agencies be accessible to persons with disabilities. This includes software and Web pages sponsored by the federal government.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act — a United States federal law that governs world wide web accessibility
American legislation which is part of their Rehabilitation Act, 1973. It applies only American Federal Government agencies. It requires that they ensure any information technology which is bought, owned, used or developed by them, must be accessible to people with disabilities.
This is a common name for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. This is an amendment to a US law that basically says all Electronic and Information Technology purchased or developed by the US Government must be accessible to people with disabilities. See Chapter 13 of Accessible Web Sites.
The section of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act is a U.S. law that requires that all electronic and information technology procured, used, or developed by the federal government after June 25, 2001, to be accessible to people with disabilities. Affected technology includes hardware such as copiers, fax machines, telephones, and other electronic devices as well as application software and Web sites.