{"id":407,"date":"2024-03-29T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2024-06-09T04:23:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T08:23:31","slug":"accessibility-notice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Maritime Commission is committed to providing easy access to our website and ensuring that our website\u2019s documents and features remain accessible to all our visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our website is compliant with and regularly reviewed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.section508.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 508 of the Rehabilitation <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/about\/law\/ra.html#section-508-federal-electronic-and-information-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Act<\/a> compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"brief-explanation-of-section-508\">Brief Explanation of Section 508<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) requires that federal agencies\u2019 electronic and information technology (EIT) is accessible to people with disabilities, including employees and members of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Section 508 establishes requirements for any electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the federal government. The terms electronic and information technology have been defined by the Access Board in regulations published December 21, 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fmc-documents-available-online\">FMC Documents Available Online<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Documents on the FMC website are presented in many formats. These formats are generally accessible to users using screen reading software. Some files on this website may be posted as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group icon-list is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:8px;padding-left:8px\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adobe provides their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acrobat Reader software<\/a>\u00a0as a free download.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"links-to-third-party-websites\">Links to Third Party Websites<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of our webpages contain links to third party sites not operated by the FMC. Those sites are not within our control and may not follow the same privacy, security, or accessibility standards as ours. We are not responsible for the content or availability of those sites, their partners, or advertisers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"for-difficulty-viewing-the-fmc-website\">For Difficulty Viewing the FMC Website<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you have trouble accessing any of our webpages or documents please send an email to the <a href=\"mailto:inquiries@fmc.gov\">FMC<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please help us respond to you in the most beneficial way by indicating the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format(s) in which you want to receive the material, and your contact information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notice-of-rights\">Notice of Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 4151\u201357)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) requires access to facilities that are designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds. The Access Board is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the ABA. The Access Board\u2019s accessibility standards are available on their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/guidelines-and-standards\/buildings-and-sites\/about-the-aba-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.access-board.gov\/guidelines-and-standards\/buildings-and-sites\/about-the-aba-standards<\/a>, and information about filing a complaint may be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/enforcement\/\">https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/enforcement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you have questions about the ABA or for information about filing a complaint regarding the accessibility of FMC facilities, contact the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at 202-523-5859 or email <a href=\"mailto:inquiries@fmc.gov\">inquiries@fmc.gov<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Maritime Commission is committed to providing easy access to our website and ensuring that our website\u2019s documents and features remain accessible to all our visitors. Our website is compliant with and regularly reviewed for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act compliance. Brief Explanation of Section 508 Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) requires that federal agencies\u2019 [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":403,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Maritime Commission is committed to providing easy access to our website and ensuring that our website\u2019s documents and features remain accessible to all our visitors. Our website is compliant with and regularly reviewed for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act compliance. Brief Explanation of Section 508 Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) requires that federal agencies\u2019 [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Federal Maritime Commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-09T08:23:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/seal_final_sm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"293\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FMC_gov\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/\",\"name\":\"Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-29T16:39:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-09T08:23:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Site Policies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Accessibility Notice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/\",\"name\":\"Federal Maritime Commission\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Federal Maritime Commission\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fmc-small-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fmc-small-logo.png\",\"width\":131,\"height\":131,\"caption\":\"Federal Maritime Commission\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/FMC_gov\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/51587\/admin\/feed\/posts\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@federalmaritimecommission7440\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission","og_description":"The Federal Maritime Commission is committed to providing easy access to our website and ensuring that our website\u2019s documents and features remain accessible to all our visitors. Our website is compliant with and regularly reviewed for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act compliance. Brief Explanation of Section 508 Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) requires that federal agencies\u2019 [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/","og_site_name":"Federal Maritime Commission","article_modified_time":"2024-06-09T08:23:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":293,"url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/seal_final_sm.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@FMC_gov","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/","name":"Accessibility Notice - Federal Maritime Commission","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-29T16:39:48+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-09T08:23:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/accessibility-notice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Site Policies","item":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/site-policies\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Accessibility Notice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#organization","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fmc-small-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fmc-small-logo.png","width":131,"height":131,"caption":"Federal Maritime Commission"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/FMC_gov","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/51587\/admin\/feed\/posts\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@federalmaritimecommission7440"]}]}},"mfb_rest_fields":["yoast_head","yoast_head_json"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6192,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/6192"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}