Current and Upcoming Events
Tue, Nov 07, 2023 - Thu, Nov 09, 2023
Interagency Accessibility Forum (IAAF)
The 2023 Interagency Accessibility Forum (IAAF) celebrates accessibility as a foundation for inclusion, diversity, and equity within the federal government. Read more
Mon, Jun 12, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #11 | June 12, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of contact can meet with our teams to discuss the criteria or other questions related to completing the assessment. Read more
Wed, Jun 21, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #12 | June 21, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of contact can meet with our teams to discuss the criteria or other questions related to completing the assessment. Read more
Recurring Events
bimonthly (once every two months)
Section 508 Best Practices Webinars
The Section 508 Best Practices Webinar Series addresses a variety of issues associated with ensuring federal agencies have the knowledge they need to meet their obligations under Section 508. The... Read more
semiannual (twice annually)
Biannual Section 508 Program Maturity Report
The OMB Strategic Plan for Improving Management of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act aims to improve how agencies manage Section 508 and IT accessibility responsibilities by increasing transparency, strengthening... Read more
Past Events
Tue, Jun 06, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #10 | June 6, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Tue, May 23, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #9 | May 23, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Fri, May 19, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #8 | May 19, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Mon, May 08, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #7 | May 8, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Mon, May 01, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #6 | May 1, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Thu, Apr 27, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #5 | April 27, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Tue, Apr 25, 2023
April 2023 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
Our second IT Accessibility Community Meeting of the year will be a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Our overall theme, “Let’s Take Flight & Continue To Soar”... Read more
Fri, Apr 21, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #4 | April 21, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Tue, Apr 18, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #3 | April 18, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Thu, Apr 13, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #2 | April 13, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Tue, Apr 11, 2023
Section 508 Assessment Office Hours #1 | April 11, 2023
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Access Board (USAB) will be hosting “office hours” meetings, or times when your agency’s point of... Read more
Tue, Feb 14, 2023
February 2023 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
Happy New Year! Our first, IT Accessibility Community Meeting of the year will be a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Our overall theme, “Let’s Take Flight &... Read more
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
December 2022 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Our overall theme, “Be The Change In Accessibility,” focuses on “being the change” while... Read more
Tue, Nov 29, 2022
DEIA: What Does It Mean to Have Accessibility in the Federal Workplace? | Webinar
President Biden’s Executive Order to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workforce requires that federal workspaces must be fully accessible to employees with disabilities. This means... Read more
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
Accessibility programs are essential to ensuring federal agencies are inclusive of employees with disabilities, especially within digital work environments. While there is no universal method for developing effective accessibility programs,... Read more
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
August 2022 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Our overall theme, “Be The Change In Accessibility,” focuses on “being the change” while... Read more
Tue, Jun 14, 2022
June 2022 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Our overall theme, “Be The Change In Accessibility,” focuses on “being the change” while... Read more
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
ICT Guidance for Implementing Accessibility into DEIA Plans in the Federal Workforce | Webinar
On June 25, 2021, President Biden released Executive Order 14035 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce to establish a government-wide initiative to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and... Read more
Tue, May 03, 2022
The Basics of Buying Accessible Products and Services
Accessibility, the “A” in DEIA, is a foundation on which the federal workforce must build diversity, equity, and inclusion for people with disabilities. Learn the basics of buying accessible information... Read more
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
April 2022 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Our overall theme, “Be The Change In Accessibility,” focuses on “being the change” while... Read more
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
Section 508 Questions and Answers Webinar
Technical questions can arise in applying the Section 508 Standards to the various types of information and communication technologies (ICT) that they cover in the federal sector. In this Section... Read more
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
February 2022 IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Our overall theme, “Be The Change In Accessibility,” focuses on “being the change” while... Read more
Tue, Dec 07, 2021
December IT Accessibility Community Meeting
The next IT Accessibility Community Meeting (ITACM) will be on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 and will be a fully virtual event. Our theme, “Winter Break: Accessibility Lights, DEIA Camera…ACTION” continues... Read more
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
Section 508 – A Celebration of Twenty Years
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the initial enforcement of the Section 508 Standards. This session will showcase the work of influential accessibility professionals who developed and implemented the... Read more
Thu, Jun 24, 2021 - Fri, Jun 25, 2021
The 3rd Annual Digital Accessibility Summit
We bring together experts from the fields of accessibility and legal to discuss current trends, and to provide insights that will be helpful to practitioners in their work on digital... Read more
Mon, Jun 21, 2021
The M-Enabling Summit Conference and Showcase is dedicated to promoting digital environments and assistive technologies for senior citizens and users of all abilities. It is an annual meeting place for... Read more
Thu, Nov 12, 2020 - Thu, Nov 12, 2020
Unmasking Accessibility - Moving Beyond a Band-Aid Solution
Accessibility tools shouldn’t be like the duct tape the plumber slaps on your pipework to cover leaky cracks. The plumber may apply the expert fix for an issue on one... Read more
Wed, Oct 21, 2020 - Wed, Oct 21, 2020
The Forest and the Trees - Scaling for Enterprise-Level Digital Accessibility
The increase in virtual course content, combined with the recent lawsuits at Harvard and MIT and updates to Section 508, have pushed online accessibility into the forefront of higher education... Read more
Wed, Oct 21, 2020 - Fri, Oct 23, 2020
The 5th Annual ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium
Our annual symposium has traditionally been a place for in-person knowledge sharing and for professional face-to-face networking. We’re using this year’s online symposium to continue sharing what works during the... Read more
Tue, Sep 29, 2020 - Tue, Sep 29, 2020
Managing projects to ensure accessibility
Ensuring that accessibility is accounted for and managed throughout the various steps of the federal information technology procurement lifecycle can be challenging and confusing. The General Service Administration’s Government-wide IT... Read more
Tue, Sep 22, 2020 - Tue, Sep 22, 2020
Reporting Accessibility with VPAT® 2 - A Guide for Vendors
The new VPAT® 2 format offers multiple templates, allowing vendors to document conformance common with several common standards including the refreshed Section 508, WCAG 2.1, and EN 301 549 for... Read more
Thu, Sep 10, 2020
Federal Exchange on Employment and Disability (FEED) meeting
The topic of the meeting will be “Increasing Access and Opportunity : Advancement and Retention of Federal Employees with Disabilities.” An overview of the impact of mentoring and other leadership... Read more
