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McLean County committee approves resolution to require WCAG AA accessibility on government website
Summary
The executive committee approved a resolution directing county staff to implement web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) across McLean County’s website, with a proposed gatekeeping process for publishing and a compliance target noted.
The McLean County Executive Committee on May 5 approved a resolution directing county staff to pursue compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice web accessibility rule and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard across county websites.
County staff said the Department of Justice rule applies to county websites and that compliance should encompass documents, videos, images and captions. Mr. Nelson, a county staff member who presented the proposal, said…
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