Department of Transportation to implement HiSoftware Company's Section 508 Software, AccMonitor Server

Concord, NH October 10, 2002 – HiSoftware Company announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be deploying HiSoftware’s Section 508 compliance software, AccMonitor Server. The software will be used to evaluate and monitor DOT intranet and Internet web sites for conformance with Section 508. The software will also be used to monitor the Web sites of approximately fourteen agencies that are sub-agencies of DOT including:

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

• Maritime Administration (MARAD)

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

• Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

• Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)

• Surface Transportation Board (STB)

• Transportation Administrative Services Center (TASC)

• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

• and the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

The AccMonitor Server implementation will compliment and expand existing deployments of HiSoftware’s accessibility solutions across various DOT agencies.

The Department of Transportation joins a growing list of customers turning to HiSoftware Company for accessibility solutions, including but not limited to Microsoft Government, Mercury Interactive, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, Hyperwave, the Internal Revenue Service, US Army Materiel Command, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Defense. Additional customer information is available from HiSoftware’s Web site: http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html

“We are pleased to have been chosen by the Department of Transportation to support their agency-wide accessibility efforts,” said Robert B. Yonaitis, CEO and President of HiSoftware. “Organizations need an easy-to-use yet complete accessibility testing solution that is up to date with all standards and that can work on web documents wherever they are found! HiSoftware’s accessibility solutions provide Webmasters with flexible, ad-hoc reporting and querying tools that will allow them to understand and solve the roadblocks to accessible content.”

Under the terms of the agreement, HiSoftware Company will provide its AccMonitor Server software to the DOT for use by its webmasters, application developers, and Section 508 compliance experts. Running as a Windows® service, AccMonitor is an automated accessibility testing solution for Web sites or for use in conjunction with intranet Servers or file servers. Using a crawler, AccMonitor tests sites for compliance with Section 508 and W3C accessibility standards. AccMonitor spiders, or crawls over, entire Web sites and reports on their accessibility status. AccMonitor particularly benefits organizations that need to monitor multiple servers that host information via the World Wide Web. AccMonitor is a server solution that is designed to run with no user interaction once configured. AccMonitor can be scheduled to crawl Web sites daily, weekly, or monthly. It also allows users to log-on for “on demand” reports on the accessibility status of their Web pages.

Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires electronic and information technology that is used, developed, and procured by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities.

HiSoftware Company, recipient of the 2002 da Vinci Award for Electronics and Information Technology, provides software to assist organizations in achieving and maintaining accessible Web sites in compliance with Section 508 standards and W3C Priority 1-3 accessibility guidelines. These solutions, available as desktop and automated server-based applications, help organizations develop long-term strategies to achieve Web content accessibility. http://www.hisoftware.com/media/davinci/davinci.htm

 

ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in enterprise content quality management solutions, provides innovative products that empower quality assurance teams, content developers, Web site architects, and company executives to work collaboratively on their efforts to create and manage corporate Web standards for Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability, Usability and custom guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s integrated, full lifecycle solutions dramatically reduce the time required to test, manage and deploy e-business Web sites.

HiSoftware works closely with industry leaders and visionaries to provide solutions for today's information accessibility, content quality, search and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s customers represent Fortune 500 companies, and many of the largest e-commerce, government, and educational sites in North America and around the world and include ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and Microsoft Government.

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company maintains North American corporate headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire. Further information about HiSoftware can be found online at www.hisoftware.com

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