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County communications director warns of DOJ web-accessibility deadline; trainings planned
Summary
Communications Director Monica told the committee the Department of Justice’s web-accessibility guidance requires municipalities to make live forms and other essential online documents accessible; the county will prioritize remediation of fillable forms, run two training sessions, and target 'living' documents first.
Tompkins County’s communications director told the Government Operations Committee on April 14 that Department of Justice guidance adopting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines requires government web content and documents used by residents to be accessible and that the county needs an organized remediation plan.
Monica said the county has roughly 3,700 PDFs on its website and about 30 departments with more than 50 web publishers; the immediate priority is to make…
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