3 Things - Tuesday, November 29

DOJ and Congressional Updates on Digital Accessibility - Ken Nakata, former Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Justice Department's Disability Rights Section
While Federal agency websites are important for shaping how the Federal government provides services to the public, the impact of those websites pales in comparison to Section 508’s true purpose—shaping the basic information technology that our society as a whole uses.
DOJ Promises To Resume Filing Federal Website Accessibility Reports - Huffpost, Shruti Rajkumar
The Department of Justice plans to file its first report in a decade on the accessibility of federal government websites, following a bipartisan push in Congress.
Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (CVTA - bill text)
November 17, 2022 - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA - bill text), and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (CVTA). The CVTA updates and amends the CVAA to keep pace with the proliferation of emerging technologies that have come online since Senator Markey’s 2010 bill was passed with bipartisan support...