Web browsers comply with Section 508
New versions tout better accessibility, but fresh issues loom for Web sites
From: Government Computer News - 02/20/2006 - page 28
By: Joab Jackson

Section 508 of the Rehabili-tation Act Amendments of 1998 requires government
agencies to make the information technologies that they procure accessible to
individuals with disabilities. Fortunately, when it comes to Web browsers,
federal agencies have some choices. The software developers behind both the
Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers have been working
diligently to meet Section 508 compliance and improve Web accessibility in
general. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.gcn.com/print/25_4/38255-1.html

Links:
GCN Accessibility
http://www.gcn.com/accessibility/

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/vpat.html

Access Mozilla
http://www.mozilla.org/access/

Aaron Leventhal - Web Accessibility Architect for IBM
aaronleventhal@moonset.net

Mozilla's Section 508 Compliance
http://www.mozilla.org/access/section508

Section 508 Accessibility and Usability Compliance - VPAT
http://www.journeyzing.com/html/vpat.htm

GSA Usability Solutions Group
http://www.gsa.gov/usability

Usability.gov
http://www.usability.gov/

Governing Good Web Site Design
http://evolt.org/node/60371

