Happy to have my work in the Accessibility Chapter of the HTTP Archive's Web Almanac featured in StateScoop.

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I belive that this is the first government-wide scan of USA states for web accessibility. The report averages over 34,000 state government web pages to create a meaningful snapshot of how inclusive government sites are.

#accessibility #Section508 #USAGovernment #GoogleLighthouse #axe #WebAccessibility

State websites don’t meet upcoming DOJ accessibility requirements

An audit of state government websites shows that none meets all accessibility requirements soon to be required by the Department of Justice.

^{Keely Quinlan (StateScoop)}

Section508.gov - Fiscal Year 23 Government-wide Section 508 Assessment

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#government #Section508 #gov #DigitalGov #USA #WCAG #A11y

Happy to provide a quote or two for this article on the OMB's new memo on accessibility. Accessibility statements are an important piece of CX. federalnewsnetwork.com/technol…

#accessibility #DigitalGov #Section508 #a11y

OMB issues digital accessibility guidelines, tells agencies to set up public feedback mechanism

The new White House directive looks to hold agencies more accountable for meeting digital accessibility requirements.

^{Justin Doubleday (Federal News Network)}

The Office of Management and Budget should review its strategic plan for improving
management of #Section508. #OMB’s current strategic plan was released in 2013 and
should be reviewed using current information and compliance data.

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#accessibility #USGov #a11y

2. The General Services Administration should publish data on #Section508 compliance.
#GSA gathers and analyzes data on Section 508 compliance twice a year but does not
release it to the public or Congress. Releasing these data publicly will improve #transparency and accountability regarding Section 508 compliance

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#a11y

The Department of Justice should resume reporting on federal compliance with
Section 508 requirements. Section 508 requires DOJ to report on the federal #government’s
compliance with #Section508 every two years. However, DOJ has not issued a report since
2012. In response to bipartisan Aging Committee oversight, #DOJ recently committed to
issuing its first report in a decade.

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