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Seyfarth Synopsis: Final Rule Setting WCAG 2.0 AA as the Federal Agency Website Standard Published in Federal Register, Triggering Compliance Deadline of January 18, 2018.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Final Rule Setting WCAG
2.0 AA as the Federal Agency Website Standard Published in Federal
Register, Triggering Compliance Deadline of January 18,
2018.
Last week we
reported that the Access Board announced a final rule, under the authority of Section 508
of the Rehabilitation Act, requiring the websites and electronic
content of federal agencies to conform to WCAG 2.0 AA within one
year of the date the rule is published in the Federal
Register. This final rule was published in the Federal
Register yesterday, January 18, 2016, making the effective date of
the final rule March 20, 2017; and requiring compliance with the
new rule setting WCAG 2.0 AA as the standard for federal government
websites by January 18, 2018.
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