Accessibility Standards Are Updated By TIA

After over a year and a half spent tackling the complicated process of updating accessibility standards, the Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) presented its final report to the U.S. Access Board on April 3, 2008. The report addresses how federal agencies and private industry are expected to make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. TEITAC members include industry, disability groups, standards-setting bodies in the U.S. and abroad, and government agencies. The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) was represented by Mary Brooner, Motorola, who worked diligently with TIA member companies to convey industry point of view. TIA member companies sell telecom products to federal agencies and to consumers. A copy of the full report is available at https://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/report/—Washington, D.C.