RE: The Section 508 compliance site... isn't

["Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>]

Follow-up: At the same time that I sent the message below to TECHWR-L, I
contacted the Section 508 folks. Yesterday I received a polite answer that
they were fixing the problem, and as of today, they finally comply with
their own regulations.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goldstein, Dan 
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:42 PM
> To: TECHWR-L (E-mail)
> Subject: The Section 508 compliance site... isn't
> 
> www.section508.gov is the official Federal site for Section 
> 508 compliance. The site features the full text of the 
> Section 508 Standards, including two graphics that illustrate 
> the "Vertical Plane Relative to Operative Control" and the 
> "Height of Operative Control Relative to a Vertical Plane."
> 
> In a classic example of ironic bureaucratic humor, those two 
> graphics are missing the "alt" text required by Section 508.
> 
> See:
> http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=19
> http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=20
> 
> Dan Goldstein
> 

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