New York State Accessibility Policy
*** Note to Visitors: We acknowledge that there is information in this section that requires updating. We anticipate a likely policy change to occur in early 2010. Once implemented, changes will be made to our NYS Policy section to reflect the new policy. ***
Updated: December 3, 2009
New! Policy Comparisons: NYS-P08-005 v. Section 508 and WCAG 2.0
In June 2004 the NYS Office for Technology (OFT) issued their latest accessibility policy, P04-002, Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications. It is OFT's policy to separate policy documents from the technical specifications the policy governs, so in addition to P04-002, OFT issued Mandatory Technology Standard S04-001, comprised of 14 individual standards, derived from both the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and U. S. Section 508.
To facilitate ease of understanding and use, we have prepared a Checklist by Standard which will help web developers interpret results generated by automated validation programs. Most validation programs refer to guidelines from either the WCAG or Section 508 when reporting results.
Last Updated: July 31, 2008
- New York State's Policy and Standards — "Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications"
http://www.oft.state.ny.us/Policy/indexa.htm- NYS Statewide Technology Policy P08-005 (Effective Date: August 1, 2008)
- NYS Technology Standard S08-005 (Effective Date: August 1, 2008)
- Commentary on 2008 Changes to the Technology Standard
- MicroSoft PowerPoint Presentation:
NYS Technology Policy P04-002 & Mandatory Technology Standard S04-001: Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications
- Standards Discussion and Code Examples — The reasoning behind each of the standards and examples of coding used to implement them.
- Checklist by Standard — Maps NYS standards to national (Section 508) and international (WCAG 1.0) guidelines and provides a pass/fail checklist to review your pages.
- Deprecated Elements and Attributes — A complete list of the elements and attributes that have been retired from the HTML 4.01 specification.
- Frequently Asked Questions — Questions that State agency web developers have asked about the policy ... some answers, too!
NOTE: The materials collected in this section of our web site have been prepared by members of the Committee and are intended to support the NYS Accessibility Policy. These are not official documents. If you have comments or suggestions on these materials, please contact Debi Orton.