Accessibility

The purpose of this page is to provide information on the Federal Government's web accessibility standards, and to provide contact information for viewers who wish to report any accessibility problems they have experienced on sites under the hood.army.mil domain.

Section 508 - General

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires Federal departments and agencies that make use of electronic and information technology to "ensure that Federal employees and members of the public with disabilities have access to and use of information and data, comparable to that of the employees and members of the public without disabilities". Click on the following link for general information on Section 508.

Section 508 - Specific

In accordance with Section 508, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (aka the "Access Board") has issued a set of 16 standards to which Federal web sites must comply, for the purpose of making these web sites accessible to persons with seeing, hearing, or other physical impairments. Final standards were issued on 21 Dec 00, 36 CFR Part 1194.22 being the section relating to web-based applications specifically. Click on the following link for a full treatment of the Federal Access Board's standards. Note that Section 508's set of standards is similar, but not identical to, that of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium.

To Notify Us If you wish to report a potential accessibility compliance problem for any location under the hood.army.mil domain, please email us at Webmaster.

Last Updated On  08/24/2011 18:05