Access Board to Create Advisory Committee for Refresh of 508 Standards

The Board is organizing an advisory committee to assist in the update of its access standards for electronic and information technology and its guidelines for telecommunications products. This committee will review these standards and guidelines and provide recommendations to the Board on how they should be updated. The Board is seeking representatives from interested organizations and agencies to serve on the committee.

 

This committee will provide a collaborative forum for various interests and stakeholders to provide substantive and detailed input on the new standards and guidelines. The committee's recommendations will be used to update standards for electronic and information technology procured by Federal agencies that were issued under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The committee also will advise the Board on updating guidelines developed under Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act.

 

Instructions for submitting applications are included in a notice published in the Federal Register. This notice and additional information is available on the Board's website at www.access-board.gov/news/508committee-notice.htm. The deadline for applications is May 18, 2006.

 

For further information, contact Tim Creagan, the Board's Section 508 Access Specialist at creagan@access-board.gov (e-mail), (202) 272-0016 (voice), or (202) 272-0081 (TTY).

 

 

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