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<p>Hi all, <br>
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<p>we received the following request on the PSC's mailing list. <br>
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<p>This is specifically related to US policy standard required for
federal public administrations. This requires some declarative
work and form filling task and then we need to upload it on QGIS
website.</p>
<p>Is it a blocker for such administration not to have this VPAT
forms available as QGIS is not really sold most of the time ? <br>
</p>
<p>If so, is anyone familiar with this would be motivated to
maintain these forms up to date? Maybe some end user organization
would be interested in funding or taking the task? <br>
</p>
<div class="moz-forward-container">The examples in the wikipedia
page seem to show that it is not that hard to maintain. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/">https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Product_Accessibility_Template">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Product_Accessibility_Template</a></div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">All the best!</div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Régis on behalf of the PSC. <br>
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<td>RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: QGIS VPAT Request</td>
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<th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
<td>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:15:18 +0000</td>
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<th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
<td>Anita Graser <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anita@qgis.org"><anita@qgis.org></a></td>
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<th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
<td>Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.]
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zach.roberts@nasa.gov"><zach.roberts@nasa.gov></a></td>
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<th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psc@qgis.org">psc@qgis.org</a></td>
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<div>As a volunteer-driven open source project, we always
appreciate it when people and organizations step up to address
issues or fund work on them. The VPAT seems like a prime example
of an initiative for US based users to tackle. </div>
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<div>For more information on how to help sustain the project,
see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html">https://qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html</a></div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Anita</div>
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On Friday, 03. March 2023 18:11:59 (+01:00), Roberts, Zach
(JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.] wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the quick response Anita, in
that case, we will have to pursue alternatives.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>
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style="color:black;">Zach Roberts</span></b><span
style="color:black;"> |
<a class="" href="https://www.barrios.com/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(5, 99,
193);">Barrios - Jacobs JETS II Contract</span></a>
| ARES IT Specialist</span></p>
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style="color:black;">M: 713.410.3553 | </span><span
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href="mailto:zach.roberts@nasa.gov"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(5, 99,
193);">zach.roberts@nasa.gov</span></a></span><span
style="color:black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">2101 NASA
Parkway | Mailcode: XI | Houston, TX 77058-3696 | USA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Anita Graser
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anita@qgis.org"><anita@qgis.org></a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 3, 2023 10:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology,
Inc.] <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zach.roberts@nasa.gov"><zach.roberts@nasa.gov></a>; 'Roberts, Zach
(JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.]' via public psc
group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:psc@qgis.org"><psc@qgis.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: QGIS VPAT Request</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Zach,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We had a thread on this topic last
year: <a
href="https://www.mail-archive.com/qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org/msg54077.html"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://www.mail-archive.com/qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org/msg54077.html</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, as far as I know, nobody has
been following up on this task.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anita</p>
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<br>
On Friday, 03. March 2023 16:32:20 (+01:00), 'Roberts,
Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.]' via public psc
group wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a current VPAT for the QGIS
software? My organization requires section 508
compliance documentation before deploying in out
environment. Thank you!</p>
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style="color:black;">Zach Roberts</span></b><span
style="color:black;"> | <a
href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barrios.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Czach.roberts%40nasa.gov%7C8e1ae0f70aed4e740dab08db1c05ae7f%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638134583070068933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=azB31l%2FlXTajDQsjZsIV5cfKrKEd58RH6sjYanFI%2Fg8%3D&reserved=0"
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Barrios - Jacobs JETS II Contract</a> | ARES IT
Specialist</span></p>
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style="color:black;">M: 713.410.3553 | </span><span
style="color:rgb(35, 30, 220);"><a
href="mailto:zach.roberts@nasa.gov"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">zach.roberts@nasa.gov</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">2101 NASA
Parkway | Mailcode: XI | Houston, TX 77058-3696 | USA</span></p>
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<span class="viv-signature-below">Anita Graser</span><br>
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