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The following information is forwarded to you by the Great Lakes ADA Center (www.adagreatlakes.org) for your information:
In the 1/18/2017 Federal Resister, the U.S. Access Board published a final rule that updates accessibility requirements for information and communication technology (ICT) covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Communications Act. The Board released an advance copy of the rule on its website last week. (www.access-board.gov) The rule jointly updates and reorganizes the Section 508 standards and Section 255 guidelines to advance accessibility, facilitate compliance, and harmonize the requirements with other standards in the U.S. and abroad. The Section 508 standards apply to ICT procured, developed, maintained, or used by federal agencies. The Communications Act guidelines cover telephones, cell phones, pagers, computers with modems and other telecommunications equipment.
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The following information is forwarded to you by the Great Lakes ADA Center (www.adagreatlakes.org) for your information:
The U.S. Attorney General has signed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) soliciting public comments regarding its proposal to revise and update its regulation implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504) for programs or activities receiving financial assistance from the Department of Justice. Since the Department first promulgated its section 504 Federally assisted regulation in 1980, there have been a number of major changes to the country’s disability laws. As a result, the existing regulation does not reflect several statutory changes to the Rehabilitation Act, the enactment of the ADA (the principles and policies of which are shared by section 504), and some key Supreme Court decisions interpreting section 504 requirements. The Department is proposing to incorporate into its proposed section 504 Federally assisted regulation definitions and requirements arising out of these statutory amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, title II of the ADA, and longstanding Supreme Court decisions. The NPRM will soon be published in the Federal Register, and the comment period for the proposed rule closes 60 days after the date of the NPRM’s publication. The Department has posted an advanced copy of the NPRM and a Q&A regarding the NPRM. |
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