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Section 508 / Accessibility

In 1998, President Clinton signed the Workforce Investment Act into law. This Act amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to include accessibility requirements for electronic and information technology. Section 508 now requires that electronic and information technology used by the Federal Government, including their Web sites, be made as accessible for people with disabilities as it is for people without disabilities. The U.S. Access Board has outlined specific accessibility standards for implementing Section 508, especially as it applies to Web pages.

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has always had a commitment to accessibility. In the past, we have taken time to ensure that GPO Access complied with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other accessibility concerns, whenever feasible.

Currently, GPO is working to ensure that these e-CFR pages and all other pages on GPO Access are Section 508-compliant, and that future pages will be created specifically with these accessibility standards in mind.

If you encounter barriers to accessibility on the e-CFR website, please contact us for assistance toll-free at 866-512-1800 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).

In addition, if you encounter barriers to accessibility on any of our other GPO Access web pages, please direct your questions, comments, and/or recommendations to the GPO Contact Center.

More information about Section 508 can be found on: http://www.section508.gov.

For questions or comments regarding e-CFR editorial content, features, or design, email ecfr@nara.gov.

For questions concerning e-CFR programming and delivery issues, email webteam@gpo.gov.

Section 508 / Accessibility