Section 508 and WCAG: What’s Changed for Federal Government Website Accessibility Requirements? This article on Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 reprinted, with updates and modifications, from the February 2017 issue of Mealey’s™ Litigation Report: Cyber Tech & E-Commerce. It was originally published as “Making Technology Accessible To People With Disabilities: Section 508 Refresh Incorporates Internationally Recognized WCAG Standards.” Mealey’s is a subscription-based information provider and a division of LexisNexis. Copyright[…]
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The VPAT® and Section 508 Accessibility Compliance
A Change in the Procurement Landscape for Federal and State Entities Covered under Section 508 This article reprinted, with updates and modifications, from the June 2016 issue of Mealey’s™ Litigation Report: Cyber Tech & E-Commerce. Mealey’s is a subscription-based information provider and a division of LexisNexis. Copyright ©2016 by Hiram Kuykendall. Responses welcome. NOTE: For an look at the updated VPAT® 2.0 as it aligns with the 2017 Section 508[…]
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Accessibility litigation against companies with websites that are unusable by people with disabilities is increasing, even as dependence on web-based services continues to grow. Here, Microassist Chief Technology Officer Hiram Kuykendall explores a few reasons these type of legal actions are on the rise. NOTE: This article is adapted from the April 2016 issue of Mealey’s™ Litigation Report: Cyber Tech & E-Commerce article, “Accessibility-Related Factors In Current Litigation.” Copyright ©2016[…]
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And What It Means for Online Education Background: University’s Online Courses Deemed Inaccessible On August 30, 2016, the Department of Justice informed University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) that large segments of UC Berkeley’s free, publicly available online content was not accessible to individuals with hearing, vision, or manual disabilities. The DOJ’s letter to university administration stated that UC Berkeley’s courses were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act[…]
READ MORE about The Berkeley Web Accessibility Ruling…Industry Article Highlights Accessible Banking, Concerns over Legal Risk
Financial services have harnessed technology to usher in ease and convenience for many. But millions of people in the United States alone may not be able to bank online—or at least, not as easily. And that puts banks, credit unions, and other financial services at risk of legal action. As online banking accelerates, so does the need for accessible banking Traditional, in-person banking is becoming a shadow of what it once was, and[…]
READ MORE about Industry Article Highlights Accessible Banking, Concerns over Legal RiskComing Soon to Banks and Credit Unions: Accessibility Requirements for their Websites
If past behavior is a good predictor of the future, financial institutions should brace themselves: A new regulatory compliance shoe is about to fall, with a clear and present risk of litigation taking shape behind it. The focus is Web site accessibility – specifically, making Web sites and other digital platforms accessible to individuals with disabilities. The accessibility requirements and litigation threat won’t be coming from your not-always-friendly neighborhood, financial[…]
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The use of mobile devices has grown significantly in the last few years. In a recent Pew Research report, 46% of respondents said they could not live without their smartphone; earlier research had 44% of respondents reporting that they sleep with their phones. Google has extensively studied mobile search and app use and has coined a new term: “micro-moments.” These micro-moments are defined as “the I want-to-know moments, I want-to-go[…]
READ MORE about Mobile Apps for Public Safety Organizations – Survey of Common FeaturesTaking Control of Your Agency Image – Mobile Apps and Policing
For years, law enforcement was criticized for being a closed and unapproachable society. Studies showed that too often police officials took a “we know what the priorities for public safety need to be better than the community does” approach. It was repeatedly demonstrated that a stunning misalignment existed between agency perceptions of citizen concerns, and actual citizen concerns. The take away for us was that positive and regular interaction with[…]
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