Access Board's EITAAC Work Space

This workspace is being maintained by the Trace Center RERC in support of the Access Board's Electronic Information Technology Access Advisory (EITAAC) Committee. It consists of working documents, scratch work and reference materials created or used by the committee. If you are aware of other issues, topics or resource materials that would be of interest to the committee, drop a note to the committee chair, Dr. Larry Scadden.

NPRM

• Public Comments on Section 508 Regulations
  On March 31, 2000, the U. S. Access Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Standards for Electronic and Information Technology implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 uses the Federal procurement process to ensure that technology acquired by the Federal government is accessible. The final standards, which will become part of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, will help Federal agencies determine whether or not a technology product or system is accessible. For more information, visit the Access Board Web site.

EITAAC Final Report

• Electronic and Information Technology Access Advisory Committee Final Report (May 12, 1999)

EITAAC Archive

Listserv Archive of online discussions of the committee

• EITAAC Listserv
• Other Inactive Listserv content

Committee Reports

• Documentation, Labeling and Support (Training abstract)
• Control and Input Work Group
• Revised Definition
• Information Presentation Minutes, Day 1 (Jan 4, 99)
• Setup and Installation Committee
• Desktop Software Standards
• Function Based Performance Guidelines

Other reference and resource guidelines

1. Master Compilation - Guidelines and Strategies Browser
2. Department of Justice Section 508 Home Page
3. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
4. WAI User Agent Guidelines
5. Portugal's guidelines for Web access
6. Making Information / Transaction Machines (ITMs) Accessible
7. Guidelines for the design of consumer products to increase their accessibility to persons with disabilities or who are aging - Trace
8. Consumer-Electronic Product Design Guidelines - EIA
9. Application Software Design Guidelines (one-piece downloadable version)
10. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
11. TAAC Final Report
12. Access Board Accessibility Guidelines
13. ADAAG
14. Microsoft Design Guidelines
15. Checklist of Accessibility Design Guidelines - Microsoft
16. The Microsoft Windows Guidelines for Accessible Software Design: Creating Applications That are Usable by People with Disabilities. May 7, 1997
17. IBM Guidelines for Writing Accessible Applications Using 100% Pure Java, version 1.1.
18. IBM Software Accessibility
19. IBM Web Authoring Checklist
20. IBM Hardware Accessibility
21. IBM Lotus Notes Accessibility
22. Towards Accessible Human-Computer Interaction
23. Sun Accessibility Quick Reference Guide
24. Microsoft Checklist of Accessibility Design Guidelines
25. Microsoft For Developers, Writers and Designers
26. Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA)
27. U.S. Department of Education, World Wide Web Policy and Procedures
28. Department of Education Software Guidelines
29. World Wide Web Federal Consortium, World Wide Web Home Page, Guidelines and Best Practices, Revised - November 1996
30. Accessibility Guidelines Implementation Project - HTML Writers Guild
31. Blind or Visually Impaired. A Report to the 75th Texas Legislature from the Texas Education Agency
32. Guidelines for the Design of Screen and Web Phones to be Accessible by Visually Disabled Persons
33. Nordic Guidelines for Computer Accessibility
34. Computer- & screen-based interfaces: Universal design filter