Section 508 Compliance for CBIIT and caBIG® Training and Documentation

CBIIT and caBIG Guidelines

508 Best Practices 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.

• Presentations: Making 508 Compliant PowerPoint presentations Best Practices

NCI Guidance on Section 508 Compliance

• http://mynci.cancer.gov/admin/508 NOTE: this site requires that you have an NIH login id/password

HHS Guidance on 508 Compliance

• MS PowerPoint - HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant PowerPoint Files (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklistppt.html)
• MS Word - HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant Word Documents (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklistword.html)
• HTML (web pages) - HHS Checklist for Section 508 Compliant HTML Web Pages (http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/checklisthtml.html)
• PDF File - HHS PDF File 508 Checklist

• Testing for 508 Compliance - HHS Instructions for testing Section 508 Compliance in Documents (http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/testdocuments.html)

• HHS General 508 Information (main index) (http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html)

Other US Government Accessibility Sites

General Information from the US Government

• http://www.section508.gov/

eLearning Guidelines on Government Sites

• http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/e-learning.htm
• http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/cio/s508/06elearning.htm

Links to Other Section 508 Compliance Resources

Web accessibility Guidelines

• http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/

General Accessibility Sites

• http://www.cynthiasays.com/
• http://wave.webaim.org/