Recent articles on accessibility in Federal Computer Week
http://www.fcw.com/default.asp?path=5030

and Infoworld
http://www.infoworld.com

Tools make PDF files accessible 
By: William Matthews
June 25, 2001
To help Web designers create accessible pages for users with vision
impairments, Adobe has created the Make Accessible plug-in, which works with
the latest version of its document exchange software, Adobe Acrobat 5.0. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0625/tec-pdf-06-25-01.asp

A portal to new freedom 
Labor site will help people with disabilities find information about services 
By: William Matthews 
July 9, 2001
The Labor Department is pre.paring to launch
http://www.Disability.Direct.gov, a portal designed to direct Internet users
to local, state and federal information about services available to people
with disabilities. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0709/tec-labor-07-09-01.asp

Design with audience in mind 
By: Vic Powell 
July 12, 2001 
Webmasters have a wide variety of resources to guide their efforts in making
Web sites meet Section 508 Access Board requirements. The Justice Department
and the General Services Administration have sites devoted to accessibility
issues, and some departments have issued compliance guides, with examples of
correct code. In the drive to achieve accessibility, however, it can be easy
to overlook the basics.  
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0709/web-dotgov-07-12-01.asp

Tech vendors seek access for all 
Infoworld
By: Jennifer Jones 
June 22, 2001
Beginning June 21, all vendors selling to the federal government are
officially required to provide versions of their products and services to
agencies, which can then accommodate people with disabilities. A by-product
of the new regulations is an increased industry focus on accessibility, which
is being built more and more into standard product offerings.  
http://www2.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/01/06/25/010625feedge.xml?Template=/storypages/ctozone_story.html