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Summary:

What is electronic document accessibility?  Why and when is it important?  What resources exist to help ensure accessibility?  What should a federal agency do to make it easier to produce accessible electronic documents?  These questions - and more - will be answered in this informative webinar. 

This webinar is sponsored by the Accessibility Committee of the CIO Council and presented by members of the newly-formed, interagency Accessible Electronic Document Community of Practice (AED COP).  The recommended audience is agency policy-makers, 508 practitioners, communications professionals, office administrators and all employees involved in authoring or disseminating electronic documents. 

Presenters:

Pierce Crowell, Senior Policy Analyst and Backup Section 508 Coordinator, Social Security Administration

Holly Andersen, Policy Liaison for Individuals with Disabilities, Department of Education

Moderator:    Deborah Kaplan, Senior Advisor, Social Security Administration

Logistics:

This webinar will be conducted on the Webex platform. It will be captioned.   For more information on system requirements, please visit http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/webinar-resources.cfm#webex

To register for this webinar, go to  http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/register/index.cfm?event=3987

Questions?  Email Deborah Kaplan, Deborah.kaplan@ssa.gov. 

Co-sponsored by the Accessibility Committee of the CIO Council, the U. S. Access Board, and eFedLink/ODEP