[nfbcs] Legal Requirements for Website Accessibility

[Gary Wunder]

The University of Missouri, at least when I was employed there, did not
believe it was bound by Section 508. It was willing to use them as
guidelines, but it decided 508 applied to federal agencies only. I'd love to
know the answer.

  

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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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