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General Information for Connecticut
State Website: http://www.ct.gov/
State IT Website: http://www.ct.gov/doit/site/default.asp
Chief Information Officer:
Diane S. Wallace
Chief Information Officer
Department of Information Technology
860-622-2419
Fax: 860-291-8665
State Procurement Officer:
Carol Wilson
Director of Procurement
Department of Administrative Services
P. O. Box 150414
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford CT 06106
Phone: 860/713-5093
Fax: 860/713-7484
Email: carol.wilson@po.state.ct.us
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Connecticut Web Accessibility Policies:
Universal Web Site Accessibility Policy for State Web Sites - Version 4.0
http://www.access.state.ct.us/policies/accesspolicy40.html
"This policy provides a set of established guidelines adopted by the State of Connecticut and a checklist of design requirements which provides a quick reference for numerous design issues." "To comply with this policy, agencies must be able to demonstrate two things: that they have achieved WCAG Conformance Level "A" which means that all Priority 1 checkpoints are satisfied, and that they have successfully addressed all the items in the CMAC Checklist of Design Requirements."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 6-1-2000
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- Other: Connecticut State Government web sites
Validation/Testing Required: unclear
Provides Six Steps to Accessibility Certification, which are steps for testing web pages, including the use of BOBBY software. The ConneCT Management Advisory Committee Web Accessibility Subcommittee established procedures to certify state web sites that meet the guidelines of the policy.
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Self-Monitoring
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
State Point of Contact: Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities OPA-Webmaster@po.state.ct.us or contact kathleen.anderson@po.state.ct.us
Connecticut Web Accessibility Guidelines:
Design Guidelines
http://www.access.state.ct.us/policies/accesspolicy40.html
"a set of established guidelines adopted by the the State of Connecticut and a checklist of design requirements which provides a quick reference for numerous design issues."
Date of Most Recent Revision: 6-10-2000
Scope of Applicablity:
- All State Agencies
- Other: Connecticut State Government web site
Validation/Testing Required: unclear
Provides Six Steps to Accessibility Certification, which are steps for testing web pages, including the use of BOBBY software. The ConneCT Management Advisory Committee Web Accessibility Subcommittee established procedures to certify state web sites that meet the guidelines of the policy.
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
- Self-Monitoring
Sanction Provisions: unspecified
State Point of Contact: Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities OPA-Webmaster@po.state.ct.us or contact kathleen.anderson@po.state.ct.us
Connecticut Web Accessibility Others:
Web Site Accessibility Committee Resources
http://www.access.state.ct.us/resources.html
Contains accessibility resources, tools, tutorials, forms, and other information.