IDEAS 2003
November 5 6, 2003
Washington, DC Convention Center
Wednesday
November 5, 2003
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Introductions
G. Martin Wagner
Associate Administrator
Office of Governmentwide Policy
U.S. General Services Administration
Keynote:
David Bibb
Acting Deputy Administrator
U.S. General Services Administration
Plenary Speaker:
Bob Haycock
Chief
Architect
Office of Management and Budget
Plenary Speaker:
Glenn Perry
Vice Chair
Federal Acquisition Council
10:30 a.m.
Innovative
Solutions Showcase and Breakthroughs in Access Showcase Opens
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Dole Theater
Section 508 Policy
Update
During
this session, Section 508 leaders from the CIO Council's Section 508 Executive
Steering Committee and OMB will lead a session that provides an update on what
is happening from a policy perspective.
Topics to be discussed include a status update on the upcoming DOJ
survey, a look back at the accomplishments of the working group in fiscal year
2003, and a look ahead to FY04 activities.
Moderator:
Lesley A. Field
Procurement Policy Analyst
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Office of Management and Budget
Panelist:
Craig Luigart
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Information and Technology for
Policies, Plans and Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ken Nakata
Senior Trial Attorney
Department of Justice
Chris Kuczynski
Associate Director
Domestic Policy Council
Office of Domestic Policy
Jeffords Theater
How Does Reasonable
Accommodation Fit in Section 508?
The union of Section 508 and Section 504 eliminated barriers
that prevent full accommodations, making information technologies truly
accessible. This session will help you
understand your agency’s responsibilities under these two laws.
Panelists:
Glenn Smith
Director
SpeechSolutions, Inc.
Fred DiFiore
EIT Coordinator
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Tracy Whiting
Information Technology Specialist
Internal Revenue Service
Government Best Practices Theater
The Practical and Tactical of Implementing
Section 508
How does an agency take the Section
508 law and make it a day to day reality?
Hear three federal agencies discuss real world strategies for getting
organizational buy-in, implementation approaches, and tried and tested best
practices that have worked.
Panelists:
Carla Sherry
Section 508 Program Manager
United States Postal Service
Kelly Wong
Section 508 Coordinator
HUD
T.J. Cannady
Program Manager
Information Resources Accessibility Program
Internal Revenue
Service
GCN
Technology Theater
Input and Output Devices
During
this session, the Government Computer News “Lab Guys” will discuss products and
solutions that will be demonstrated by IDEAS vendors in the Innovative
Solutions Showcase.
Panelists:
John
Breeden II
Lab
Director
Government
Computer News
Carlos A.
Soto
Associate
Editor
Government
Computer News
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Dole Theater
Beyond Accessible: The Usable
Transformation of NIH’s Website
How does
a large organization like HHS assess compliance of their web sites? It's more
than running a commercial accessibility checking program. It requires a systematic approach including
tools, testing, and a method to prioritize the repair of errors. During this session, experts from the
National Cancer Institute will discuss ways to prioritize web accessibility
evaluation data and introduce a new tool STEP 508 that can help streamline
remediation efforts.
Panelists:
Mary Frances Theofanos
Usability Lab Manager
Communications Technologies Branch
National Cancer Institute
Department of Health and Human
Services
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Project Manager
CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible
Media/Boston
Jim Thatcher
Consultant
Jeffords Theater
The Marriage Between
Testing and Compliance
This session will explore methods for the evaluation and
testing of accessibility guidelines and provide recommended strategies for the
implementation of the standards. If you
want to assess the accessibility of your agency’s applications, this session is
a must.
Panelists:
Debra Ruh
President and Founder
TecAccess
Presentation Files
Ann Reed
Instructional Designer and Project Manager
U.S. Marine Corps
Chip Gallo
Web Master
Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Government Best Practices Theater
Agency Innovations and Ideas
Government Agencies are taking giant steps in providing
accessible solutions to their constituents.
This session will delve into a variety of ways to build, from the ground
up, accessible documents. From the
development of an accessibility plan to website review and the utilization of
effective authoring processes, agency experts will unveil what they have done
to insure their agencies are communicating the Section 508 way.
Moderator:
Craig Holcomb
Technical Director NSA/CSS CIO
Information and
Technology Governance
NSA
Panelists:
Michael Moore
Chief
Alternative Media Center
Internal Revenue Service
Deborah Douglas Slade
Section 508 Coordinator
Federal Aviation Administration
Presentation Files
Grady McGhee
Section 508Technical Support
Federal Aviation Administration
GCN Technology Theater
Technologies Supporting Persons who are Blind
During this session, discussion will
be held on products and solutions for persons who are blind that will be
demonstrated in the Innovative Solutions Showcase.
Moderator:
Wilson Dizard III
Senior Editor
Government Computer News
Panelists:
Bob Regan
Sr. Product Manager for Accessibility
Macromedia
Greg Pisocky
Civilian Agency Account Manager
Government Systems
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Ian Levit
Vice President
Levit & James
3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Dole Theater
Providing a Seamless
Portal to Services
During this session, experts will
discuss necessary policies and methods for instituting a unified portal for
accessible citizen services.
Panelists:
Renee Yue
Application
Development and Integration Manager
Montgomery
County Maryland
Bob Benedict
Section 508 Co-Coordinator
NASA
Presentation Files
Ed Reniker
E-Gov Solution Support
Office of Citizen Services and
Communications
General Services Administration
Jeffords Theater
Section 508 Compliance
Assistant: An Acquisition Tool for Everyone
The Accessibility Forum recently unveiled the Section 508 Compliance
Assistant Tool. This tool serves as a
guide for procurement officials in federal departments and agencies on how to
procure Electronic and Information Technology (E&IT) products and
services. Procurement officials from
government agencies, E&IT vendors and other acquisition professionals are
encouraged to attend this session to discuss the tool and discover how it can
be adapted to their work environments.
Moderator:
Mary Mitchell
Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of Electronic Government
U.S. General Services Administration
Panelists:
Carla Sherry
Section 508 Program Manager
United States Postal Service
James Kindrick
Accessibility Forum Representative
William Hetzner
Accessibility Forum Representative
Government Best Practices Theater
Incorporating Section 508 into
Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Life Cycle: A Case Study
This session will discuss the rationale, criteria, applicability,
scope, approach and lessons learned for incorporating Section 508 requirements
into an agency's Enterprise Architecture Volumes and Enterprise Life Cycle
Processes. Each of the panel members will explain their role and approach taken
in determining the Section 508 criteria, the applicable Enterprise Architecture
Volumes and Life Cycle Processes, and how the Section 508 requirements were
incorporated into the IRS Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Life Cycle.
Presented as a case study, IRS will share lessons learned and a method for
applying their approach to other Federal agencies Enterprise Architecture and
Life Cycle Processes, to the Federal Enterprise Architecture and Exhibit 300’s
responses. The panel members will provide expertise in the areas of Section
508, the IRS Enterprise Architecture Volumes and Life Cycle Processes.
Panelists:
T.J. Cannady
Program Manager
Information Resources Accessibility Program
Internal Revenue Service
Presentation Files
Janice Thomas
Electronic/Assistive Technology
Specialist
Information Resources Accessibility Program
Internal Revenue Service
Angella
Bearden-Byrd
Senior Member Executive Staff
Prime Program Systems Engineering Office
Internal Revenue Service
Charles A Murray
Computer Scientist
Business Systems Modernization
Internal Revenue Service
GCN Technology Theater
Technologies
Supporting Persons who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
During this session, discussion will be held on products and
solutions for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing that will be
demonstrated in the Innovative Solutions Showcase.
Moderator:
Tom Temin
Executive Editor and Senior Vice President
Government Computer News
Panelists:
Don Pitchford
Product Manager
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Presentation Files
Gail Gregg Rosenberg
iCommunicator Product Manager
1450, Inc.
Presentation Files
5:00 p.m.
Innovative
Solutions Showcase Closes
Thursday
November 6, 2003
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Opening remarks and introduction:
Larry Roffee
Executive Director
U.S. Access Board
Keynote Speaker:
Linda Gooden
President
Lockheed Martin Information Technology
Accessibility in America's Information
Economy
America increasingly relies on technology to
deliver important information and services to its diverse workforce and citizen
base. This is creating unique challenges for government and industry leaders to
develop processes and solutions that will ensure equitable access and
opportunity to people with limitations of vision, hearing, or mobility. This
keynote presentation will provide an overview of Section 508 and address how
technology innovations continue to be implemented in an effort to establish one
nation with information accessibility for all.
Plenary Speaker Introduction:
Keith Thurston
Acting Assistant Deputy Associate
Administrator
Office of Electronic Government and
Technology
U.S. General Services Administration
Plenary Speaker:
Robert
Burton
Associate
Administrator for Acquisition Policy
Office of
Federal Procurement Policy
Office of
Management and Budget
10:30 a.m.
Innovative
Solutions Showcase and Breakthroughs in Access Showcase Opens
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Dole Theater
Ensuring an Accessible Web Presence
This
session uses the Section 508 Web Accessibility Guidelines to give Web sites an
accessibility makeover so they sound as good as they look. Specific techniques and examples are covered
to make a variety of images, tables and forms accessible.
Panelists:
Shannon Rapuano
Accessibility Consultant
IBM
Don Barrett
Assistive Technology Specialist
Department of Education
Jeffords Theater
Breakthroughs in Accessible E-Learning
E-learning brings content to life
and showcases technology. E-learning
takes technical material illustrated with interactive media and delivers it to
an audience via the web, CD-ROM or various other electronic information
channels. This session will discuss tools that support the cost effective
development of accessible e-learning content and show how these practices can
be implemented at little cost to organizations.
Panelists:
William Stembler, Ph.D.
Director of Operations
C2 Technologies, Inc.
Major
Terry Branstetter
Courseware
Program Officer
U.S.
Marine Corps
Presentation Files
Government Best Practices Theater
Telecommunications
Accessibility: Invisible and Often
Overlooked
Telecommunication is an integral component of information
technology and its uses are apparent in our everyday lives. This session will explore the complimentary
nature of accessibility and accommodation, specifically within the realm of
cell phones, pagers, and wireless communication. Attend this session and learn to differentiate built-in
accessibility from compatibility with assistive technology, and become
proficient in telecommunication terminology.
Moderator:
Margaret Binns
Assistant Commissioner for Regional
Services
Federal Technology Service
U.S. General Services Administration
Panelists:
David Baquis
Accessibility Specialist
Office of Technical and Information
Services
U.S. Access Board
Tim Creagan
Director of Consumer
Training
Information Technology Technical
Assistance and Training Center
Kathy Kemerer
Chief
Quality
Assurance & Performance
Measurement
Branch
Federal Technology Service
General Services Administration
GCN Technology Theater
Input and Output
Devices
During this session, the
Government Computer News “Lab Guys” will discuss products and solutions that
will be demonstrated in the Innovative Solutions Showcase.
Panelists:
John Breeden II
Lab Director
Government Computer News
Carlos A. Soto
Associate Editor
Government Computer News
2:00 to 3:00
Dole Theater
How to Create
Accessible Documents
Section 508 standards require all electronic forms to be
compliant. Hear from experts how two
agencies accomplished making their forms accessible and user friendly, as well
as what challenges that were faced along the way.
Panelists:
Jan Wendler
Systems Specialist
General Service Administration
Presentation Files
Presentation File 2
Don Barrett
Assistive
Technology Specialist
Department of Education
Jeffords Theater
The Business Benefits of Accessible E&IT Design
Historically, the primary forces driving the design of
accessible E&IT products and services have been legal, moral, social and
ethical. Designing for access is often viewed as something companies must do.
In other words if legal, moral, social and ethical issues ceased to exist… so
would accessibly designed E&IT. There are many business reasons to design
for access. Companies are attracted to design for access when there are
mainstream business benefits for doing so. This session will discuss many of
these benefits.
Speaker:
Steve Jacobs
President
IDEAL group Inc. - Representing ITTATC
Government Best Practices Theater
Buying Accessibility is Good Business
Acquisition of electronic and information technology
(E&IT) triggers Section 508. This
session discusses how to effectively address Section 508 in agency procurement
policies. Specific focus will be given to the development of procurement policy
within DOT and DHS.
Panelists:
Steve Lott
Manager
Strategic Integration
Department of Transportation
Brian Wolfe
Procurement Specialist
Department of Transportation
Regina Fletcher
Director
IT Services and Technical
Acquisitions
Department of Homeland Security
Tom Ingles
Portfolio Manager
Department of Homeland Security
GCN Technology Theater
Technologies
Supporting Persons with Mobility Impairments
During this session, discussion will be held on products and
solutions for persons with mobility impairments that will be demonstrated in
the Innovative Solutions Showcase.
Moderator:
Kevin McCaney
Assistant Managing Editor
Government Computer News
Panelists:
Bob Regan
Sr. Product Manager for Accessibility
Macromedia
Paul Richard
President
Ergogenic Technology Systems
Kyle Gingrich
Software Project Manager
Thomson/NETg
Presentation Files
3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Dole Theater
Making Graphics
Accessible
This
session will examine the various ways groups are tackling the issue of making
chart and map images accessible.
Multiple examples will be used to show the various approaches
including: alt text only; accessible
tables and manually written descriptions when feasible; and software generated
descriptions where the possible number of images is high, or the data is very
dynamic.
Panelists:
Dan Grauman
Information Technology Specialist
Office of the Director
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Mardell
Cheney
Vice
President of Development and CTO
CORDA
Technology
Jeffords Theater
Testing to
Accessibility – Expanding the Limits of 508
Extending
the boundaries of testing for Section 508 compliance beyond the advertised
guidelines is a challenge for every government agency, vendor and IT
personnel. To ensure that products are
accessible to all users, extensive testing and evaluations need to be
conducted. This session will explore
how Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) tested for Section 508
compliance, and, in doing so, both evaluated and expanded the limits of the
Section 508 and Assistive Technology (AT) standards.
Panelists:
Sondra Klucar
508 Functional Test Lead
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
DISA
Juanita Fischer
Business Management Analyst
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
DISA
Presentation Files
Government Best Practices Theater
Implementation of
Section 508 and Lessons Learned
This session will discuss how different sized agencies have
initiated and implemented a process for complying with the accessibility
mandate.
Moderator:
Jonni Burnham
Information Technology Specialist
Department of Transportation
Panelists:
Fred DiFiore
EIT Coordinator
Patent and Trademark Office
Harry Leibowitz
Technology
Specialist
Social Security Administration
Pat Sheehan
Section 508 Coordinator
Department of Veterans Affairs
GCN
Technology Theater
Basic Office Automation Tools Supporting Persons with
Disabilities
During this session, discussion will be held on basic
automated tools (i.e. fax machines, photo copiers, postage machines) used in
every office that will be demonstrated by IDEAS vendors in the Innovative
Solutions Showcase.
Moderator:
Joab Jackson
Technology Report
Washington Technology
Panelist:
Mark Engel
Program Manager
Accessibility Program Office
Hewlett Packard
Walt Wilson
Chief Operating Officer
Keybowl, Inc.
Phillip Jenkins
Accessibility Center Programs Manager
4:15 –
4:45 pm
Government
Best Practices Theater
SSA 508 Procurement Wizard
This session will discuss and demonstrate
the Procurement Wizard, which was developed by the Social Security
Administration with the idea of eliminating the “time consuming” and
“confusing” process that existed in filling out all of the paperwork needed to
ensure that an item being purchased is in compliance with or is an exception to
the Section 508 law. By replacing an
entirely “paper-based” process with a web-based one – purchase requestors are
able to quickly fill-out and, if necessary, have electronically signed the
documentation they need to complete the required 508 Determination of
Compliance portion of a Procurement Request.
Presenter:
Eric Brown
Technology Specialist
SSA Section 508 Webmaster
5:00 p.m.
IDEAS
Conference Closes