Re ADA and Usability - FYI & Request for Comments (re Ergonomics)

Re Ergonomics. Note that COMMENTS ARE BEING SOLICITED. Please consider
participating. You're the folks who are often missing from these
discussions and ultimately from guidelines and even law that is enacted.

Best,
LjR


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> Date: June 7, 2010 9:51:32 AM PDT
> Subject: The Refresh of the Section 508 Standards
> Source: Disability.gov
>
> By Guest Blogger Timothy Creagan, Senior Accessibility Specialist,
> U.S. Access Board
>
> On March 22, 2010, the U.S. Access Board published an Advance Notice
> of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register, announcing
> the availability of draft text for public review and comment.  The
> draft text contains the proposed revisions to the Section 508
> Standards of the Rehabilitation Act, the Section 255 Guidelines of
> the Telecommunications Act and proposed amendments to the guidelines
> for the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ANPRM contains an
> outline of the draft text. Both documents should be read together.
>
> The proposed changes were developed from a report containing
> recommendations by the Telecommunications and Electronic and
> Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC )  a public
> advisory committee that the Access Board convened from 2006 to 2008
> to review the current 508 standards and 255 guidelines. The 41
> organizations making up the TEITAC included members from industry,
> consumer disability advocacy groups, independent consultants and
> representatives from four foreign entities (Japan, Canada, Australia
> and the European Union).
>
> The Access Board used the TEITAC's report to craft proposed text for
> new regulations. The text can be found at
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/draft-rule.htm
>  . In theFederal Register, the ANPRM (available online at
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/notice.htm)
>  outlines the draft text and gives the reader a series of 33
> questions to help guide public comments on the draft. The deadline
> to file public comments is: June 21, 2010. Comments may be filed
> several ways: by e-mail to [email protected], via Web site
> atwww.regulations.gov, by fax to the Access Board at (202) 272-0081
> and by mail or hand delivery to: Office of Technical and
> Informational Services, Access Board, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000,
> Washington, DC 20004-1111. All comments should be identified by
> docket number 2010-1 or RIN number 3014-AA37.
>
> The 508 refresh is very important for both members of the general
> public and federal employees with disabilities, since it updates the
> current standards (originally published in 2001) to reflect changes
> in information and communications technology. Federal employees are
> encouraged to review the draft text and the questions in the ANPRM,
> and provide comments on how these new standards might affect their
> workplace and their ability to do their job.  Members of the public
> are encouraged to comment on how these proposed changes may impact
> their ability to get information from federal agencies, particularly
> through agency Web sites and other outlets, such as Twitter or
> YouTube.
>
> Anyone with questions should feel free to contact me (Tim Creagan)
> at [email protected].  Thank you for your interest in and
> support of the 508 Refresh!
>
> Tim Creagan is the Access Board lead staff on the 508 Refresh.
>
> Read more
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