In April 2024, the Department of Justice issued final rules under Title II of the ADA mandating WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for all state and local government web content. Deadlines are staggered by population size — and the first ones have already passed.
Data from DOJ final rulemaking, Section 508 standards, and enforcement records.
Meeting minutes, ordinances, permits, applications, budgets, and public records published as scanned image PDFs. The #1 government accessibility violation. Every document must be tagged.
Permit applications, license renewals, public comment forms, and payment portals must have proper labels, error messages, and keyboard accessibility.
Zoning maps, property lookups, and interactive GIS tools must provide text alternatives. Map-only information with no accessible fallback is a direct violation.
Recorded city council meetings, planning hearings, and public comment sessions must be captioned. Live streams need real-time captioning under the DOJ rule.
Utility payment, court records, voter registration, and public records request portals must be fully accessible. These are essential government services under the ADA.
Emergency notification systems, weather alerts, and public safety information must be accessible to people using screen readers and other assistive technology.
Every public-facing page, portal, and document. Report references both the DOJ Title II rule (WCAG 2.1 AA) and Section 508 standards. Suitable for compliance reporting.
WordPress and Drupal are the dominant government CMS platforms. We remediate themes, modules, and content at the source. CivicPlus, Granicus, and custom platforms via audit + guide.
Government sites often have hundreds of PDFs. We provide bulk remediation for meeting minutes, ordinances, forms, budgets, and public records.
Required for federal procurement and increasingly required by state and local purchasing departments. Documents conformance level for each WCAG criterion.
The DOJ mandate is published, the deadlines are set, and enforcement will follow. Start with a comprehensive audit to understand your current compliance status.