Sun Microsystems Through its Enabling Technologies Program , Sun Microsystems is working to ensure universal access to programs written with Java. Grossman, Paul and Sarah Hawthorne. United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Summary Report. Accessed on 10 November 1998. The bottom line with both laws requires public institutions to make educational materials, including information technology, accessible to persons with disabilities.
Information is power in education and employment.
The laws mandate access to information and its power equally for all our citizens. The original 508 mandated establishing guidelines for Federal Agencies to ensure technology access for people with disabilities. The final standards will be issued by February, 2000. Federal agencies must comply with these technology accessibility standards for all electronic information and equipment acquired on or after August 7, 2000. The standards developed through 508 apply to Federal Agencies and to organizations receiving funding through the Tech Act .