Guiding Questions to Evaluate Policies for ICT Accessibility Information
Agencies can leverage the Policy Review Template to conduct their individual policy reviews and capture findings. To aid the review of a single policy, the following guiding questions can be a starting point to tailor an evaluation of all policies flagged for review.
- Is there any reference to Section 508?
- Based on scope and level of detail for the document, is reference to Section 508 adequate/appropriate?
Table 1. Conditional statements to determine Importance ratings.
If Relevance Is: | And Level of Detail Is: | The Overall Rating for Importance to Accessibility Considerations Is: |
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Highly Relevant | Organizational Purpose/Governing Guidelines | High Importance |
Relevant | Office Rules, Policy, and Directive | High Importance |
Relevant | Operational Guidance/SOPs | High Importance |
Somewhat Relevant | Operational Guidance/SOPs | High Importance |
Highly Relevant | Office Rules, Policy, and Directive | Very High Importance |
Highly Relevant | Operational Guidance/SOPs | Very High Importance |
Relevant | Organizational Purpose/Governing Guidelines | Important |
Somewhat Relevant | Office Rules, Policy, and Directive | Important |
Not Very Relevant | Operational Guidance/SOPs | Important |
Somewhat Relevant | Organizational Purpose/Governing Guidelines | Somewhat Important |
Not Very Relevant | Office Rules, Policy, and Directive | Somewhat Important |
Not Relevant | Operational Guidance/SOPs | Somewhat Important |
Not Very Relevant | Organizational Purpose/Governing Guidelines | Not Very Important/Not Important |
Not Relevant | Office Rules, Policy, and Directive | Not Very Important/Not Important |
Not Relevant | Organizational Purpose/Governing Guidelines | Not Very Important/Not Important |