The Office of Compliance has just launched a newly redesigned web site, www.compliance.gov, and we invite you to take a look. Our improvements have made our site a more convenient resource for information on the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA), the Office of Compliance, and the rights and protections of Legislative Branch employees.

Compliance.gov now has a number of new features designed to speed access to important information that you may need about the CAA and services provided by the Office of Compliance. The site now includes short summaries in an easy to understand format to help guide the reader through all the rights and protections of the CAA, with detailed information and answers to frequently asked questions only a mouse click away. We have also included a short primer on the Office of Compliance complaints process and procedures for covered employees. In addition, the site now has a complete library of our publications and forms for convenient home or office access. (A password, provided by the Office, is required to access forms.)

Also included on our new site:

• The Office of Compliance Guide to the Congressional Accountability Act – a detailed resource for employees and employing offices on the CAA.
• A quick-reference flow chart of the complaint procedure.
• Emergency evacuation plan templates for offices.
• Studies and Reports published by the Office of Compliance.
• Decisions by the Board of Directors.
• Contact information for the Office of Compliance.

Attention System Administrators : Section 508 and Disabled Access to Electronic Information

In 1998 Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d ) to ensure that all Federal agencies make their electronic information accessible to people with disabilities. Known as Section 508, this amendment requires that the full range of electronic and information technologies (such as software, computing, presentation, and storage mediums, to name a few) give disabled employees and members of the public access to information in a way that is comparable to access available to others.