Section 508 and Accessibility on the NBII Thank you for visiting the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). The NBII is committed, and is making every possible effort, to ensure that all electronic information and technologies developed, procured, maintained, or used by the NBII are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. Section 508 Compliance Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The NBII is a network of federal, state, local, international, academic, non-profit, and private-sector partners. As a federally managed partnership, the NBII is committed to working with all of our non-federal partners to ensure that information resources they contribute to the NBII comply with Section 508 guidelines. While most resources developed by the NBII are Section 508-compliant, certain dynamically generated resources are exempt from the requirement under the "Undue Burden Determination" (36 CFR 1194.2).
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