SECTION 508 - HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY

          In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require 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 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. 

     The EERT webmaster has implemented Section 508 for this website. Please email the webmaster at the address below if you detect any pages, charts, graphs, figures, photographs, etc. that are not properly posted with Section 508 guidelines. The EERT assures you that all precautions are being made to prevent any Section 508 difficulties from occurring. Any detections addressed will be corrected and reposted immediately.

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