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General Information for Arkansas
State Website: http://www.arkansas.gov/
State IT Website: http://www.dis.arkansas.gov/
Chief Information Officer:
Doug Elkins
Executive Chief Information Officer
Phone: (501) 682-4301
Fax: (501) 682-4310
State Procurement Officer:
Joe Giddis
Office of State Purchasing
Department of Finance & Administration
1509 West 7th Street
P. O. Box 2940
Little Rock AR 72203
Phone: (501) 324-9312
Fax: (501) 324-9311
joe.giddis@dfa.state.ar.us
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Arkansas Procurement Accessibility Statutes:
Legislative Code: 25-26-201 through 25-26-206
http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
Information technology required to be purchased under contract that contains the Technology Access Clause. The Technology Access Clause in each contract must promote the intention of 25-26-203 to "[p]rovide blind or visually impaired individuals with access, including, but not limited to, interactive use of the equipment and services which is equivalent to that provided individuals who are not blind or visually impaired [and] are designed to present information, including, but not limited to, prompts used for interactive communications in formats intended for both visual and nonvisual use" and must include minimum specifications laid out in 25-26-204. The Technology Access Clause may, generally, not be excluded from contracts unless certain criteria (as defined under 25-26-205) are met.
Date of Most Recent Revision: 7-15-2003
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- State University and Higher Education System
- Local School Districts
- Other: "Covered entity" is defined by the statute as "the state or any state-assisted organization." A "state-assisted organization" is defined by the statute as "a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds."
Validation/Testing Required: unspecified
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Self-Monitoring
"Any person injured by a violation of this subchapter may maintain an action for injunctive relief to enforce the terms of this subchapter."
Sanction Provisions: specified
Injunctive Relief
State Point of Contact: Office of Information Technology, (501) 682-4300, ITarch@mail.state.ar.us
Arkansas Procurement Accessibility Guidelines:
Non-Visual Standards for the State of Arkansas
http://www.techarch.state.ar.us/domains/accessibility/resources/non_visual_standards_ar.htm
"The purpose of these standards is to ensure that the needs of Arkansans who are blind or visually impaired are met through reasonable accommodation in the information technology products and services of the state. Information technology products and services include data, voice, and video technologies, as well as information dissemination methods."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 0-0-2006
Technology Procurement Clause for the State of Arkansas
http://www.arkansas.gov/dfa/igs/igs_planning_accessibility.html
Asks vendors to warrant that the technology provided is capable of "1. providing equivalent access for effective use by both visual and nonvisual means; 2. presenting information, including prompts used for interactive communications, in formats intended for nonvisual use; and 3. after being made accessible, it can be integrated into networks for obtaining, retrieving, and disseminating information used by individuals who are not blind or visually impaired."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 0-0-2006
Referenced Standards: Not Specified
Arkansas Web Accessibility Statutes:
Legislative Code: 25-26-201 through 25-26-206
http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
Provides that information technology equipment and software used by employees, program participants, or members of the general public "[p]rovide blind or visually impaired individuals with access, including, but not limited to, interactive use of the equipment and services which is equivalent to that provided individuals who are not blind or visually impaired [and] are designed to present information, including, but not limited to, prompts used for interactive communications in formats intended for both visual and non-visual use."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 7-15-2003
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- State University and Higher Education System
- Local School Districts
- Other: "Covered entity" is defined by the statute as "the state or any state-assisted organization." A "state-assisted organization" is defined by the statute as "a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds."
Validation/Testing Required: unspecified
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Self-Monitoring
"Any person injured by a violation of this subchapter may maintain an action for injunctive relief to enforce the terms of this subchapter."
Sanction Provisions: specified
Injunctive Relief.
State Point of Contact: Office of Information Technology, Phone: (501) 682-4300, ITarch@mail.state.ar.us