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Georgia
Digital Accessibility Standard, accessibility of state digital properties
Georgia Technology Authority Digital Accessibility Standard (SM-19-002)
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a binding direction issued under an act
- Conformance standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA
What it requires
- Make every digital property your state entity manages, including websites, web applications and mobile applications, accessible by WCAG 2.1 Level AA (Digital Accessibility Standard SM-19-002).
- Publish on each website an accessibility statement that identifies WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance, or link to Georgia.gov's Accessibility Policy, with contact information for users who seek help or meet an accessibility barrier.
- Audit every digital property against WCAG 2.1 Level AA at least once every 36 months, the first time through a detailed manual audit by an external vendor, and remediate the errors found, within nine months of the audit as the standard expects.
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What this law does
The Georgia Technology Authority's Digital Accessibility Standard requires all digital properties managed by state entities, including websites, web applications, mobile applications and other digital information made available through digital tools, to be accessible by WCAG 2.1 Level AA; it names state entities and does not name local boards of education or schools.
The Authority issues its technology standards under Code Section 50-25-4(a)(10) of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, its statutory power to set technology policies and standards for state agencies, and agency information technology departments are expected to comply with all state policies and standards.
Each website must carry an accessibility statement that identifies WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance, or link to Georgia.gov's Accessibility Policy, and must give contact information for users who seek help or are adversely affected by an accessibility barrier.
Agencies must audit all digital properties against WCAG 2.1 Level AA at least once every 36 months, the first time through a detailed manual audit by an external vendor, and errors identified should be remediated within nine months of the audit. The Authority may audit an agency to validate that an accessibility test was performed and its findings remediated within the 36-month period.
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