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The BuyAccessible Wizard was first introduced to federal agencies as a web-based application in 2004. Numerous user feedback sessions were conducted leading up to the first release. Today, the Wizard has gone through many releases and is the primary tool agencies use for determining and documenting compliance for EIT acquisitions. The release of the BuyAccessible Wizard marked the transition from the Accessibility Forum to the BuyAccessible Program--providing the acquisition workforce and industry partners with solutions for successful federal agency compliance with Section 508. The program continued to concentrate on technical development of compliance tools as well as supporting awareness, training, and education for Section 508 in general.
The BuyAccessible Wizard was first introduced to federal agencies as a web-based application in 2004. Numerous user feedback sessions were conducted leading up to the first release. Today, the Wizard has gone through many releases and is the primary tool agencies use for determining and documenting compliance for EIT acquisitions. The release of the BuyAccessible Wizard marked the transition from the Accessibility Forum to the BuyAccessible Program--providing the acquisition workforce and industry partners with solutions for successful federal agency compliance with Section 508. The program continued to concentrate on technical development of compliance tools as well as supporting awareness, training, and education for Section 508 in general.
===Department of Justice===
* Tasked to conduct biennial mandatory DOJ survey of Federal agencies; and prepare reports for the Attorney General to submit to the President and Congress on the state of Federal agencies' compliance with Section 508.
* {{PDFLink | DOE_Final_Submission_USDOJ_FY2015_508_Survey.pdf | September 2016 DOE Final submission results to the DOJ FY2015 Section 508 Survey}}


===Office of Management and Budget (OMB)===
===Office of Management and Budget (OMB)===