SCRA Applied R&D’s “BeAccessible” program was recently awarded a $1 million follow-on contract. The program, in its fourth year of a five-year award, will provide technical assistance to help the federal government comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and it will further expand previous contracts with a similar mission, “BuyAccessible.”
SCRA will continue to partner with Jacobs Technologies and Harolynn Inc. in providing technical support to the General Services Administration (GSA).
In 2000, the U.S. Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 mandating that all Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) products and services that are “developed, procured, maintained or used” by the federal government be accessible to persons with disabilities. The BeAccessible program will assist in enhancing compliance with the law by providing tools and technical expertise that will ensure persons with disabilities are able to access all EIT products and services used by the federal government.
