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County communications recommends $15,950 DotAccess purchase to meet DOJ WCAG 2.1 deadline

Spokane County Board of County Commissioners · February 25, 2026

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Summary

Communications staff said Spokane County must meet Department of Justice WCAG 2.1 accessibility requirements in April and recommended a one-time purchase of DotAccess (acquired by Civic Plus) to remediate documents; staff reported a negotiated first-year price of about $15,950 and asked for approval to proceed and for IT to manage renewals.

Communications and IT staff told Spokane County commissioners on Feb. 24 that a Department of Justice directive requires the county’s public-facing web content and documents to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards by April.

Staff described the scale of the task: the county’s CivicPlus-hosted document center contains about…

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