OMB has given agency CIOs new marching orders for making agency IT accessible to the disabled. Editor's note: This story was modified after its original publication to clarify the timing of Section ...

For those who are not aware, Section 508 refers to a 1998 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act requiring government agencies to give “disabled employees and members of the public access to information ...

Research has found that only 3% of the web is considered accessible, meaning that disabled users can’t properly access most of the content online. Having an accessible website isn’t just good practice ...

The updated regulation uses international standards that focus on results, not specific technologies. The U.S. Access Board's current draft update to the regulation governing website accessibility ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Agencies have been making their IT systems accessible to users with disabilities since ...

Website accessibility lawsuits in the United States are becoming more common. In fact, industry analysts note that the number of web accessibility lawsuits has grown 19.8% this year and that retailers ...