[CATO] FW: [EXTERNAL] - ITACCESS : Article: Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?

[Hayman, Douglass]

All,

Did you see this post on educause this morning?

I followed the link and read the blog post by Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility.

Attached is my quick remediation of the letter sent by a number of organizations mentioned in the post as the original I found was untagged. Note that some of the reference tags were problematic so refer to the hyperlinks to those within the document.

This letter, if legit, feels like a real stab in the back from the co-signing organizations.

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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(360) 475-7632



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In case you haven't read this article:

Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?
By Ken Nakata.
"…On May 12, 2025, the American Council on Education (on behalf of a
ton of other educational associations, including EDUCAUSE) asked the
Trump Administration to pause implementation of the Department of
Justice’s ADA Title II Web Accessibility regulation…"
convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/...<https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/doj-web-accessibility-rule-in-danger/>

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