Five reasons to get excited about governmentwide Section 508 assessment criteria

August 8, 2023

Five reasons to get excited about governmentwide Section 508 assessment criteria

Mike had this article published with the Federal News Network celebrating the approach taken by the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Justice and the GSA to collect accessibility information from government agencies.

Seeing results every six months will also be so important to be able to track progress on meeting the Seciton 508 goals, but also achieving the government's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) goals.

Mike Gifford is a CivicActions Accessibility team member and a Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer. He has been actively involved in the accessibility unconference community and founder of Ottawa's A11yYOW meetup. He's also a certified IAAP WAS (Web Accessibility Specialist) and has completed the DHS Section 508 Standards for Web certification.