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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Digital Accessibility Policy: accessibility duties of a service organization or supplier of digital content and services to an agency
Pa. Digital Accessibility Policy (ITP), sec. 5.5.4
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- If you provide digital content or services to a Pennsylvania agency under the Governor's jurisdiction as a vendor, licensor, contractor or supplier, make all existing digital content and services you provide accessible to the current Section 508 Standards (Revised) and at a minimum WCAG 2.1 Level AA (Digital Accessibility Policy secs. 4, 5.1 and 5.5.4).
- Submit an Accessibility Conformance Report on the most current version of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template for proposed or provided digital content and services in response to a solicitation and under any resulting contract, and explain any use of an older version; the policy says the template should be filled out in its entirety, including testing methodology, conformance level and remarks (sec. 5.5.4).
- For any known accessibility issue or WCAG success criterion your product only partially meets or does not meet, provide a product roadmap with the expected timeframe and release cycle that will resolve it, or detail how you will support the agency in providing equally effective alternate access (sec. 5.5.4).
- Submit other accessibility artifacts, such as a Policy Driven Adoption for Accessibility assessment, testing plans, issue reports and product roadmaps, when requested and as the contract requires, and promptly fix accessibility noncompliance issues reported to you (sec. 5.5.4).
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What this law does
The Digital Accessibility Policy provides that third-party vendors, licensors, contractors or suppliers shall meet its requirements, and section 5.5.4 sets the duties of a service organization providing digital content and services to an agency under the Governor's jurisdiction.
A service organization must make all existing digital content and services accessible to the current Section 508 Standards (Revised) and at a minimum WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and must submit an Accessibility Conformance Report for proposed or provided digital content and services in response to solicitations and under any resulting contract.
Suppliers must use the most current version of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template and explain any use of an older version, and the template should be filled out in its entirety, including testing methodology, conformance level and remarks for any partially supported or unsupported level.
For any known accessibility issue or WCAG success criterion the product only partially meets or does not meet, the supplier must provide a product roadmap setting the timeframe and release cycle that will resolve it, or detail how it will support the agency in providing equally effective alternate access.
A service organization must also submit other artifacts, such as a Policy Driven Adoption for Accessibility assessment, accessibility testing plans, issue reports and product roadmaps, when requested and as the contract requires, and promptly fix accessibility noncompliance issues reported to it.
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