Nokia - What is Section 508

What is Section 508?

Added to Rehabilitation Act (1973) in 1998 to ensure that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities (both federal employees and the public)
Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA), in the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Government-wide Policy, is responsible for educating Federal employees and building infrastructure necessary to support Section 508 implementation.

What is Section 504?

Law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology.
Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ' 794d), ""agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others."

How is Section 508 compliance awarded?

Using "Buy Accessible" federal database format, vendors evaluate their products for accessibility by providing self-compliance statements outlining extent to which products and features address section 508 criteria.
Database is used by Federal procurement and requiring officials to conduct market research and support requirements development and procurement selection processes.
Section 508 criteria apply to the following Nokia product areas:

Section 508 criteria areas	Relevant Nokia product areas
Software applications, operating systems	IPSO operating system Web-browser-based Voyager management application Text-based command line interface (CLI) management application
Web-based internet information and applications	Web-browser-based Voyager management application
Telecommunications	Nokia security platforms
Information, documentation and support	Voyageur web-browser-based help text CLI help commands PDF versions: installation, user guides, release notes