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Accessibility Policies and Standards
Policies and standards relating to web accessibility in government
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- Accessibility Standard
- The Accessibility standard directs Victorian Government Departments and Agencies to make their websites compliant version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
Added: 18 October 2005
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- Whole of Victorian Government Website Standards: Overview
- The Victorian Government has issued a number of website standards to assist Victorian Government agencies in providing accessible and usable information services to the citizens of Victoria.
Added: 29 November 2005
Page views: 11,923
Rating: 4
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- Section 508 Standards
- General Services Administration, 2006. This site provides Section 508 information and guidance. "Section 508 requires that when [US] Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, Federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency..."
Added: 13 July 2006;
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- A critique of P.A.S. 78
- by Joe Clark. Fawny Blog, 21 March 2006. "I paid my £35.83 (including P&P) and, a mere week after I received my invoice, today I got what I actually paid for: PAS 78, “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” (sic)..."
Added: 3 July 2006;
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- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility
- W3C, 17 March 2006. "This document explains the key role that harmonization of standards plays in increasing the accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities. It examines how adoption of a consistent set of international technical standards, the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines for Web content, authoring tools, browsers and media players can drive more rapid progress on Web accessibility, and make the design and development of accessible Web sites more efficient..."
Added: 3 April 2006;
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- User-friendly websites for all
- British Standards Institute. Press Release, 8 March 2006. "Key guidance on how to develop a website which is user-friendly for disabled people has been launched today. Following an investigation by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) which revealed 81 per cent of British websites are inaccessible to disabled people, the guidance document, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78, was developed by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and sponsored by the DRC. PAS 78 Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites is applicable to all organisations and is intended for use by those responsible for commissioning or maintaining public-facing websites and web-based services..."
Added: 14 March 2006;
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- PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites
- British Standards Institute, 2006. "Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 has been developed by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in collaboration with BSI. This PAS outlines good practice in commissioning websites that are accessible to and usable by disabled people...." [Available for purchase]
Added: 14 March 2006;
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This category last updated: 13 December 2005
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