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Montgomery Township approves new website host to meet DOJ accessibility requirements
Summary
The board authorized the township manager to sign a contract with GHD Digital for Govstack after staff said the current CMS will be discontinued and Department of Justice guidance requires WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility. Implementation is estimated at $21,272 with annual CMS fees and monitoring costs noted.
Montgomery Township supervisors on March 23 authorized the township manager to execute a contract with GHD Digital for the Govstack municipal content-management system to replace the township’s expiring website host and to meet web accessibility requirements.
The change follows notice that the current CMS vendor will discontinue services; staff said the Department of Justice is requiring state and local governments to ensure website content meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility. Ava Komas, the staff project lead, told the board the selection process examined nine vendors and recommended…
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