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Chief of staff warns Alders of April 2026 federal web‑accessibility deadline; staff to issue guidance
Summary
Karen, the Council chief of staff, briefed the Executive Committee on federal accessibility requirements that will require public‑facing web content to meet standards by April 2026, urged simple steps (avoid all caps, add alt text) and said IT will provide training and guidance; members raised captioning and PDF concerns.
Karen, the council chief of staff, told the Executive Committee on Aug. 5 that federal law requires that the city’s public‑facing web content meet accessibility standards by April 2026 and that council offices should begin making simple changes now to comply.
Karen said one actionable step alder offices can start doing immediately is avoiding all‑caps…
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