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Technology

Agencies still struggling to meet digital accessibility standards

GSA has said that limited staffing and resources are key drivers of agencies’ ongoing challenges with digital accessibility and Section 508 conformance.

IT Modernization

GSA expects to ‘improve and evolve’ on Section 508 assessments

IT Modernization

GSA finds federal tech accessibility challenges driven by lack of staff, resources

Technology

OMB issues digital accessibility guidelines, tells agencies to set up public feedback mechanism

Agency Oversight

After 10 years, limited maturity of agencies’ Section 508 programs ‘largely unchanged’

Technology

Spy leaders say they want tech that’s accessible for people with disabilities

Reporter's Notebook

Congress drives CIO authorities deeper down at USDA, Justice, State

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Budget

Role of OIRA, compliance with 508 requirements highlight lawmakers’ focus on IT modernization in 2023

ADA, Return to Office

Management

As DOJ, GSA publicly report on Section 508 progress, US Access Board driving change

FILE - Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks at an event with President Joe Biden at the Arnaud C. Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University, Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Casey, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said staff will often use a lockbag even simply to transport materials from committee offices to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF, some 30 feet (9 meters) away. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Reporter's Notebook

The government’s Section 508 transparency problem

IT modernization

Veterans Affairs

Senate committee calls on VA, DOJ to improve accessibility to federal technology

ADA, Return to Office

Management

For federal accessibility managers, adding 'A' to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

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Technology

Popular federal websites riddled with accessibility flaws

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Technology

New federal website design standards emphasize 'continuous improvement'

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Ask the CIO

How GSA uses AI to keep agencies on the right side of the law

federal contracting

Reporter's Notebook

Move aside sports betting, let’s wager on FAR rules

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Off the Shelf

The NIB: What is its role in procurement?

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Reporter's Notebook

New IT accessibility rules catch up to 17 years of changes

FOIA

Technology

FOIA committee mulls Section 508 responsibilities

Technology

Section 508 guidelines get an update under proposed rule

Federal Drive

Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 4, 2013

Federal Acquisition, GSA

All News

OMB lays out 11 goals to give Section 508 some punch

Federal Drive

Federal Drive Interviews -- Jan. 28, 2013