As more everyday activity migrates to digital technologies and the internet, a wave of new lawsuits are testing the boundaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the digital world. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal government is often failing to meet its own requirements for digital accessibility, according to a new, congressionally-mandated report released late last month. The report notes that in ...

When federal guidelines for purchasing accessible technologies in government were issued in June 2001, most people bet it would take litigation for state and local governments to adopt Section 508.

Okay. It’s been around a while, but what is 508 Compliance anyway? Why should I become 508 Compliant? The answer is simple. 508 Compliance is a requirement for websites and other technologies to be ...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation's micropurchase exception to Section 508 expired April 1. So what does that mean to the typical government office? When you place an order worth $2,500 or less for ...