[nfbcs] Legal Requirements for Website Accessibility

[John G. Heim]

Are you sure the 508 regulations aren't legally binding? I think they are binding on entities that receive funding from the federal government. If the entity doesn't receive funding from the federal government, the 508 regulations don't apply, not even as guidelines. I have never heard an accessibility expert say the 508 regulations work well as guidelines, quite the opposite in fact.
 The Web Access Initiative puts out guidelines so that may be the source of the confusion.

I've been told that the University of Wisconsin considers itself bound by the 508 regulations because we receive money from the federal government. I've never heard them referred to as guidelines. It seems even a bit contradictory to think of regulations as guidelines. But I will admit I'm not sure what the law says.

Anyway, Nicole asked about the navy Federal Credit Union which may or may not get money from the feds. You can't necessarily go by the name.


On May 9, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Michael Babcock wrote:

> I don’t think they are required to do anything by law. there  are section 508 standards, but these are just standards not laws.
> http://www.section508.gov/
> 
> Let me know if you find anything, because this same situation happened to me with one of my banks, switched all of my accounts to a local bank, that takes accessibility into consideration.
> thanks
> michael
> On May 9, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> 
>> Where can I find information about legal requirements for website
>> accessibility? A little over a month ago, Navy Federal Credit Union
>> completely revamped there website. The layout is mostly the same, and,
>> although a few things are the tiniest bit more accessible, many things are
>> much more inaccessible, some even to the point of being unusable. I filled
>> out a survey about the new website about a month ago and provided my contact
>> information. However, I have not heard anything. I plan on contacting them
>> again, but, before I do, I would like to know what they are required to do
>> by law.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Nicole
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