State E & IT Accessibility Initiatives
Following are excerpts of the accessibility-related laws, policies, standards or guidelines, and other resources that states have published on-line in support of websites, application development, and IT procurement. After reading the excerpt of the resource, you can click on the link to view its state-based source.
ITTATC recognizes that other on-line resources may exist, that information links change, and that state departments move and/or shift responsibility. As a result, this information will be updated on a regular basis. If you know of an accessibility-related link that does not appear in the state's information, please e-mail us so that accurate and usable information can be maintained.
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General Information for Georgia  State Website: http://www.georgia.gov/ State IT Website: http://gta.georgia.gov/ Chief Information Officer: Tom Wade CIO & Executive Director Georgia Technology Authority Phone: (404) 463-2340 Fax: (404) 463-2380 State Procurement Officer: Brad Douglas Assistant Commissioner State Purchasing Division Department of Administrative Services 200 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 1304 W. Floyd Building Atlanta GA 30334 Phone: 404/656-3002 Fax: 404/655-4528 Email: bdouglas@doas.ga.gov | |
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Georgia Procurement Accessibility
 Georgia Procurement Accessibility Regulations:
Rules of Georgia Technology Authority Information Technology Procurement http://www.ganet.org/gta/pdfs/procurement_rules.pdf "Where articles are to be used for educational or training purposes, by persons with disabilities, for test and evaluation or research purposes, or for any purpose deemed necessary by the CIO or his designee, special or overriding consideration may be given to the factor of suitability in the preparation of specifications, evaluation of offers, for waiver of competition, and the award of contracts." Scope of Applicablity:
Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
Sanction Provisions: unspecified |
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Georgia Web Accessibility
Georgia Web Accessibility Guidelines:
Accessibility Statement http://www.georgia.gov/00/static/0,2144,4802_0_0_Accessibility,00.html Statement explains the effort to achieve accessibility for the georgia.gov website. The Statement notes that the website complies with W3C Priority 1 requirements and that "validation testing is conducted with industry-recognized tools for coding and general usability." Scope of Applicablity:
Validation/Testing Required: unspecified Who is responsible for monitoring compliance?
Sanction Provisions: unspecified State Point of Contact: Mike Galifianakis, (404) 657-7313, gaada@gsfic.ga.gov |