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Georgia
Digital Accessibility Standard, accessibility requirements in state procurement
Georgia Technology Authority Digital Accessibility Standard (SM-19-002), Accessibility Procurement
In force.
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- a binding direction issued under an act
- Conformance standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA
What it requires
- If you deliver work on a Georgia state entity's website, web application, mobile application or other digital property, make all content, interfaces and navigational elements WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliant, as the solicitation and contract must require (Digital Accessibility Standard SM-19-002).
- Test the work you deliver for accessibility regularly and remediate what testing finds within the standard's timeframe.
- Put accessibility requirements, including WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance of all content, interfaces and navigational elements, in every solicitation and contract for work involving the state entity's digital properties.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
All solicitations and contracts of a state entity for work involving digital properties within the Digital Accessibility Standard's scope must establish accessibility requirements to ensure that vendors comply, and the mandatory requirements include that all content, interfaces and navigational elements be WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliant and that all work produced be regularly tested for accessibility and remediated within the standard's timeframe.
The standard reaches the digital properties of state entities, including websites, web applications and mobile applications.
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