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h2. Section 508 Best Practices and Guidelines by CBIIT and caBIG
Please add links to best practices, remediation strategies, and any additional information you discover as we work toward our goal of 508 compliance.
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- CBIIT and caBIG® Documentation 508 Compliance
- 508 Compliance for CBIIT and caBIG® Training
- How do Confluence authors comply with Section 508?
- caBIG_PPT_508_Quick_Guide_FINAL_July_2009.ppt
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- The quick guide is used with the PowerPoint templates posted on this page: https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=10852174
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NCI and CBIIT Sites on Section 508 Compliance
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- CBIIT
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- your
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- or
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- all
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- issue
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- Custom
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- Custom
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- Readability
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- Report
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- Flicker
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- Rate
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- Custom
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- Report
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- Link
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- Integrity
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- External
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- Link
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- Integrity
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- Overview
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- of
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- development
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- server
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- testing
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- How
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- perform
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- remediation
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- each
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- of
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- the
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- 19
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- checkpoints
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- your
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- report.
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- details
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- how
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- your
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- score
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- each
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- specific
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- the
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- required
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- remediation
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- process.
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- remediation
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- directly
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- HHS's
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- own
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- Section
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- 508
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- guidelines
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- all
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- of
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- their
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- a
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- more
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- Checklist
- Testing Documents for Section 508 Compliance: http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/testdocuments.html
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US
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Government
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and
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lists
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- NIH_SECTION508_INFO:
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- for
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- the
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- Health
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- and
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- Human
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Other
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US
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Government
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Accessibility
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Sites
General Information from the US Government
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eLearning Guidelines on Government Sites
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Links to Other Section 508 Compliance Resources
Adobe Resources
- Adobe® Accessibility Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2008/03/reference_card_for_accessible.html
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Web accessibility Guidelines
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- Suite
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- phone
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- number
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- 6203
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- and
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- a
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- good
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- contact
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- person
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- France.
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- take
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- the
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- shuttle,
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- the
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- closest
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- stop
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- is
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- 6100B/Green/Rockledge
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- Route.
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- you
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- drive,
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- there
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- is
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- free
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- surface
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- parking
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- one
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- and
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- arrange
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- a
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- sticker
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- for
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- garage
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- if
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- needed.
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- When
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- you
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- enter
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- Fernwood,
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- go
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- to
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- the
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- 3rd
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- floor.
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- Suite
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- is
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- right
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- next
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- to
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- the
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- elevator.
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- Download
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- a
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- free
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- version
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- of
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- JAWS
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- ,
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- which
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- is
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- a
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- full
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- version
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- available
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- for
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- 40
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- minute
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- use
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- intervals.
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