It has been years since i have had to manage web design stuff...but as i recall, section 508 specifically calls for federal-centric web properties to - by law - include accessibility features to accomodate the American Disabilities Act (the ADA). So, yeah, it better damn well have accessibility baked in, else it would be illegal. :-)
To be fair, the little documentation and blog posts here and there that i have read on the US Digital Service is that those folks reaslly are attentive to design considerations for always including accessbility...which is awesome!!
To be fair, the little documentation and blog posts here and there that i have read on the US Digital Service is that those folks reaslly are attentive to design considerations for always including accessbility...which is awesome!!