[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1194.3]

[Page 531]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
 CHAPTER XI--ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
 
PART 1194--ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS--
Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 1194.3  General exceptions.

    (a) This part does not apply to any electronic and information 
technology operated by agencies, the function, operation, or use of 
which involves intelligence activities, cryptologic activities related 
to national security, command and control of military forces, equipment 
that is an integral part of a weapon or weapons system, or systems which 
are critical to the direct fulfillment of military or intelligence 
missions. Systems which are critical to the direct fulfillment of 
military or intelligence missions do not include a system that is to be 
used for routine administrative and business applications (including 
payroll, finance, logistics, and personnel management applications).
    (b) This part does not apply to electronic and information 
technology that is acquired by a contractor incidental to a contract.
    (c) Except as required to comply with the provisions in this part, 
this part does not require the installation of specific accessibility-
related software or the attachment of an assistive technology device at 
a workstation of a Federal employee who is not an individual with a 
disability.
    (d) When agencies provide access to the public to information or 
data through electronic and information technology, agencies are not 
required to make products owned by the agency available for access and 
use by individuals with disabilities at a location other than that where 
the electronic and information technology is provided to the public, or 
to purchase products for access and use by individuals with disabilities 
at a location other than that where the electronic and information 
technology is provided to the public.
    (e) This part shall not be construed to require a fundamental 
alteration in the nature of a product or its components.
    (f) Products located in spaces frequented only by service personnel 
for maintenance, repair, or occasional monitoring of equipment are not 
required to comply with this part.