RE: Good folks down in Texas

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

As "records management" has suddenly become a 
very hot topic inside the Beltway, a number 
of backburner initiatives loosely associated as 
"e-government" are coalescing.  Luckily, 
unlike CALS which was too much too soon, 
this time all the technical pieces are 
in place and it is an issue of definitions 
and the usual RFP politics.

Note, contractors are not always bound to WAI:

"Agencies are not required to acquire EIT that meets the technical
provisions of the Access Board's standards if the acquisition:

o is a micro-purchase made prior to January 1, 2003 (FAR 39.204(a)); 
o is for a national security system (FAR 39.204(b) and 36 CFR 1194.3(a)); 
o is acquired by a contractor incidental to a contract (FAR 39.204(c) and 36
CFR 1194.3(b)); 
o is located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance,
repair, or occasional monitoring of equipment (FAR 39.204(d) and 36 CFR
1194.3(f)); or 
o would impose an undue burden on the agency (FAR 39.204(e) and 36 CFR
1194.2) 

In addition, agencies are not required to fundamentally alter their needs in
order to comply with section 508. (See section D.4, above.)"

"Unlike some other civil rights laws (such as section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act), the section 508 responsibilities do not follow the
receipt of Federal funds to contractors, but only apply to the product and
services being procured by Federal agencies. Section 508 applies only to
Federal agencies - including their EIT products and services that are
deliverables under a contract. Section 508 does not apply to a contractor's
own internal workplace EIT. 

For example, if a Federal agency enters into a contract to have a web site
developed, the web site is required to meet the applicable technical
provisions of the Access Board's standards because the web site is the
deliverable that is being acquired by the agency (unless, of course, an
exception applies). However, the contractor's office system used to develop
the web site does not have to meet the technical provisions, since its
equipment is incidental to the contract."
 
There are big holes that will enable a 
procurement officer to get around the WAI 
requirements.   On the other hands, 
the records management issues are severe 
enough to ensure that XML-based systems 
will dominate designs.


Len 
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: Betty L. Harvey [mailto:harvey@eccnet.eccnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:55 AM
To: Tim Bray
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: Good folks down in Texas



Check out:  http://www.section508.gov/

Section 508 is mandated by the U.S. Government to ensure
accessibility in all electronic media.  Of course the Web
is a major initiative.  It mandates that all government 
and contractor must be accessible.

Betty

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On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Tim Bray wrote:

> Check out http://www.dir.state.tx.us/standards/S201-12.htm
> 
> It takes a while to see it, but the combination of (a)(5)
> and (b)(1) makes a strong statement. 
> 
> Anybody know of other jurisdictions with similarly
> enlightened policies? -Tim
> 
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