We understand Federal procurement requirements for accessibility of information technology to people with disabilities and can help your developers understand the impact.

Initial Audit

Get started with an audit and know where you stand with respect to Section 508. Deque can help you get the documentation, reports, and VPATs for your products that are comprehensive and will stand the scrutiny of discerning Federal buyers.

Professional Services

Purchase strategic consulting services and support packages designed for you to help your team.

Reasons to evaluate your software products for compliance and accessibility include:

• The ability to sell to the United States Government —Section 508 compliance is required by the Federal Government as a condition for purchase.
• Selling in the global marketplace—Most international governments have passed accessibility laws, as have state governments.
• Gaining a competitive advantage—The Federal Government, by law, has to buy the most accessible product on the market given all other features that are comparable.
• Increasing usability—Requirements for accessibility help general usability, making your product more efficient, effective, and valuable.
• Improving your products—An independent review of the product can not only improve accessibility but should be used as an opportunity to review end-to-end compliance regarding security, usability, privacy, and quality as well.
• Acting in the best social and self interest—Accessible design has many advantages in universal design.

Our expertise can help in accelerating your path to compliance for your products by:

• Providing a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) to help with market research and document accessibility features of your products. If your product is under consideration in the federal marketplace, you will probably be asked to supply a VPAT detailing the accessibility features of your product.
• Hosting a introductory 1 day course with Deque to bring all the stakeholders up to speed on what is required, the process and different options available to get there.
• Incorporating compliance checks into the development phase of your Web solutions by use of our products which provide automated compliance verification.

Your software team can gain from knowledge transfer as Deque puts your products on a fast track to compliance, making the process efficient, cost-effective, and positioning you ahead of the competition when selling in the federal and global marketplace.

Utilization of Deque's Section 508 compliance technology can provide federal information technology vendors a competitive advantage in the federal marketplace.

Al Krachman, Partner, Blank Rome, LLP