2017 Inter-Agency Accessibility Forum

This year’s theme is The Transition to the Revised Section 508 Standards
The welcome will be given by Dominic Sale, Deputy Associate Administrator for Information Integrity Access, Office of Government-wide Policy. The keynote will be presented by David Capozzi, Executive Director of the US Access Board. This will be followed by 3 consecutive workshop tracks. We will also an exhibit floor open with 24 vendors exhibiting their accessible products and services.
Some highlights of the event are:
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<LI>Revised Section 508 Standards and what they mean to your agency</LI>
<LI>WCAG 2.0 – How does it change the way agencies develop and test ICT</LI>
<LI>Revising your agency 508 policy for the refresh and understanding how 501, 504 fit in to the equation.</LI>
<LI>How to address Section 508 requirements in the development lifecycle and how does Universal design fit in.</LI>
<LI>Electronic Communications – What is the definition and how does Section 508 apply?</LI>
<LI>How do you request Accessibility Information from Vendors now that the Revised Sec508 Standards are final?</LI>
<LI>Accessible Electronic Documents Community of Practice:  What resources they have developed to assist agencies with Section 508 conformance.</LI>
<LI>Accessibility Testing and the Trusted Tester: Best Practices</LI>
<LI>GSA Update:  Resources for Section 508 assistance: Buy Accessible, Solicitation Review Tool, Pulse, New Sec508 Training   </LI>
</UL>
Questions should be addressed to <A HREF="mailto:helen.chamberlain@gsa.gov" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">helen.chamberlain@gsa.gov</A> or <A HREF="mailto:Deborah.kaplan@hhs.gov" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Deborah.kaplan@hhs.gov</A>.
This forum is jointly hosted by the General Services Administration, the U.S. Access Board, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Labor.

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