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  Guidance & Resources Read this to get specific guidance about this topic. For a beginner-level introduction to a topic, view  Topics For information about the legal requirements, visit  Law, Regulations & Standards Public entities (or “state and local governments”) offer many services on their websites and mobile applications (or “apps”).  But these services are not always accessible to people with disabilities. In April 2024, the Department of Justice (or “Department”) published a rule that sets technical requirements for state and local governments to follow to make sure that their websites and mobile apps are accessible to people with disabilities.  This resource can help state and local governments figure out what they should do to comply with the rule. Who might find this resource helpful Americans with Disabilities Act (or “ADA”) coordinators or people in similar positions who do accessibility or ADA compliance planning for a public entity.l How ...

  In the federal workforce, older employees are facing a larger gender-based federal pay gap, on average, than younger employees. By some measures, t he federal pay gap between men and women can be about three times larger for feds 40 and over, than feds under 40 years old, a  Jan. 2 report  from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found. “Gender pay gaps are larger for older employees. Over a lifetime, this adds up,” Karen Brummond, a social science research analyst at EEOC’s office of federal operations, said in a  Jan. 2 statement . “A small gender pay gap early in one’s career can multiply into a larger gap over time.” Nationwide, women are paid 16% lower, on average, than men. But in the federal workforce, women are paid 5.6% less, on average, than men, according to 2022 data. Although smaller in comparison to the private sector, a federal pay gap still exists — and the Office of Personnel Management took steps over the past few years to try to close th...