| Colorado (printable version) |
General Information for Colorado
State Website: http://www.colorado.gov/
State IT Website: http://www.oit.state.co.us/
Chief Information Officer:
John Picanso
Chief Information Officer
Governor's Office of Innovation and Technology
(303) 866-6060
Fax: (303) 866-6454
State Procurement Officer:
Kay Kishline
Division of Finance and Procurement Department of Personnel
225 East 16th Avenue, Suite 802
Denver, CO 80203-1613
Phone: (303) 866-6181
Fax: (303) 894-7444
Email: kay.kishline@state.co.us
| Skip to an Accessibility Area: Procurement Website |
Colorado Procurement Accessibility Statutes:
Legislative Code: 24-85-101 through 24-85-104; 24-37.5-202 (1)
http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
CRS 24-85-104: Authorizes the Commission on Information Management to create standards and criteria to be used in approval or rejection process for procurements by state agencies of adaptive technologies for non-visual access. The statute does not require modification for equipment used by those who are not blind or visually impaired, but does require the "applications, programs, and underlying operating systems, including the format of the data, used for the manipulation and presentation of information" to "permit the installation and effective use of" and to be compatible with "nonvisual access software and peripheral devices."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 8-2-2000
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- State Commisions
- Other: State Boards or Principal Departments
Validation/Testing Required: unspecified
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Not Specified
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
Colorado Procurement Accessibility Guidelines:
State of Colorado Proposed ADA Standards (1-12-01)
http://www.oit.state.co.us/resources/docs/imc_proposedADAStandards_01-19-01.doc
Recommends that the Commission on Information Management develop a "technology access clause that may be used in contracts by state agencies when they purchase, upgrade, or replace information technology equipment or software" as required in House Bill 001269. "the Work Committee’s initial proposed standards focus on design criteria for web-based publicly accessible information. The standards cover the following specific categories: Equivalents, Color, Markup Language/Style Sheets, Tables, Natural Language, Time-Sensitive Content, and Dynamic Content and Device Independent."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 6-1-2001
Scope of Applicablity:
- Other: Applies to all state web sites accessible by public, all webmasters, and designers
Validation/Testing Required: yes
"State agencies will need to ensure IT Accessibility Standards compliance on their web sites only when developing new web pages and web sites, or when changes are made to web pages. Changes to web pages are defined as "every time a file is written/re -written to the server."
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Not Specified
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
Colorado Procurement Accessibility Others:
IT Accessibility Standards: Facts and Guidelines for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.oit.state.co.us/resources/docs/imc_ADAStandardsFACTS-Guidelines-handout_03-06-01.doc
Colorado Web Accessibility Statutes:
Legislative Code: 24-85-101 through 24-85-104; 24-37.5-202 (1)
http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
CRS 24-85-103 authorizes the Commission on Information Management to develop non-visual access standards for information technology used by state agencies that "a)[p]rovide blind or visually impaired individuals with access to information stored electronically by state agencies by ensuring compatibility with adaptive technology systems so that blind and visually impaired individuals have full and equal access when needed; and b) [a]re designed to present information, including prompts used for interactive communications, in formats intended for both visual and nonvisual use, such as the use of text-only options." The statute also requires that each state agency incorporate into its annual information technology plan proposed budget requests for "implementing the nonvisual access standards for its agency at facilities accessible by the public."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 8-2-2000
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- State Commisions
- Other: State Boards or Principal Departments
Validation/Testing Required: unspecified
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Not Specified
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
State Point of Contact: CDE Web Support Services, webmaster@cde.state.co.us
Colorado Web Accessibility Guidelines:
Colorado Information Technology Accessibility Standards Facts and Guidelines (3-6-01)
http://www.oit.state.co.us/resources/docs/imc_ADAStandardsFACTS-Guidelines-handout_03-06-01.doc
Provides proposed standards for design criteria that comport with Section 508 and the W3C guidelines to be applied to web-based publicly accessible information.
Date of Most Recent Revision: 7-1-2001
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- Other: Applies to all state websites accessible by public, all webmasters and designers
Validation/Testing Required: unclear
Guidelines recommend methods for testing a website to determine accessibility including: 1) independent testing; 2) voice navigation of existing system; 3) consulting online resources for accessible web design; and 4) BOBBY assessment
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Self-Monitoring
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
State Point of Contact: CDE Web Support Services, webmaster@cde.state.co.us