No, there's no "badge". If you want one for your product, perhaps you have an entreprenurial opportunity!
As you probably know, the official site for 508 is: http://section508.gov/ (A CF/Fusebox site to boot.) I really like their simple Guide to 508: http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm They also have a FAQ that answers your question: ---- ii. Does the Federal government have a 'logo program' indicating which products meet 508 standards? No. The Federal government does not currently have a section 508 logo (such as the Energy Star) that attaches to a product to indicate that the product conforms to the section 508 standards. iii. Are vendors required to post information regarding whether their products meet the Access Board standards on a web site? Couldn't this result in a compromise of intellectual property? Vendors are not required to post information regarding whether or not their products meet the Access Board's standards on a web site (unless they choose to respond to a solicitation, or are awarded a contract, that says otherwise). As a general matter, vendors may disseminate information addressing whether their products meet the Access Board standards in any manner and level of detail they choose. Vendors are encouraged to use the Buy Accessible website on www.section508.gov to facilitate the market research efforts of the government in identifying conforming products. However, they are not required to use this means of providing information to the government. The purpose of the website is to improve buyer awareness of those EIT offerings that meet all or some of the Board's standards, not to force the revelation of particular technical solutions. Generally, information the government has about a winning offer may be obtained by the public under the Freedom of Information Act unless the information falls under the exemption in 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) for business "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person that is privileged or confidential." iv. Do vendor web sites advertising EIT products or providing information about EIT products to the federal government have to meet the section 508 standards? No. Section 508 does not require a vendor's web site to meet the Access Board's standards. Section 508 applies to Federal departments or agencies, including the United States Postal Service. ---- -Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlisle, Eric [mailto:Eric.Carlisle@;pgnmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:37 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Section 508 Compliancy > > > Is there any official certification for section 508 compliancy? > > I've been looking around and have found 3rd party consultants > that will make > your site compliant. > > The only "badge" I've seen on Web sites is the "W3C WGAC" > label... which is > and isn't the same thing. > > I've also seen the "Bobby" badge > (http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp). > > Any ideas? > > Thanks :) > > Eric > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
