Accessibility of U.S. federal government home pages: Section 508 compliance and site accessibility statements

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-309

  Olalere, Abiodun ^a   Lazar, Jonathan ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Assistive technology; Compliance; Disability; Impairment; Open government; Policy; Section 508; Universal usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959269601     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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