§794d–1 Reports on Accessibility of Electronic Information to Individuals with Disabilities

Summary

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must, working with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and the Administrator of General Services, give updated rules and instructions to covered federal agencies no later than 100 days after December 29, 2022. The rules must require that electronic and digital services meet the technical standards named in section 794d through conformance testing and be usable by people with disabilities (based on talking with people with visual, hearing, touch, and cognitive disabilities or disability groups). The rules must also say what data agencies must send, the formats and submission methods, the metrics that will be used to judge compliance, and other directions agencies need to show they meet accessibility standards. Each agency head must, no later than 225 days after December 29, 2022, check how accessible the agency’s electronic and information technology is compared to people without disabilities, follow the provided rules, and send a joint report of the evaluations to the Director and the Administrator. Then, not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, and every year after, the GSA Administrator, in consultation with the Director, must send Congress a report to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committees on Appropriations and Oversight and Reform that gives a full assessment of agency compliance (including the metrics and data used), a description of the Administrator’s actions and plans to support compliance, and recommendations. Those reports must be put on a public website and kept as open government data. Director: head of the Office of Management and Budget. Administrator: head of the General Services Administration. Agencies: federal departments and agencies covered by section 794d.