Wait, but why?

Local government agencies have a variety of compliance requirements depending upon the state they are formed in. In most states, compliance with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website guidelines are required at a minimum, and in many locations the mandates increase from there.

If you’re lucky enough to be in a state with mandates governing websites and what must be included on them, it’s likely that you have a laundry list of requirements to comply with. Some of the states with existing local government website requirements include California, Florida, and Utah.

The good news is that being compliant isn’t that hard to do–it’s just a matter of learning about the requirements in your location and following them to the best of your ability. Sometimes that means getting your website vendor to make changes to your site, other times it might mean moving to a platform that is compliant to start with. In either case, these blog posts will help you learn more:

  • Section 508: site accessibility for local government
  • Website accessibility testing tools
  • Security and why it matters
  • California website requirements
  • Managing Public Records Act requests through your site
  • The Brown Act and California agenda posting requirements
  • Document formatting standards...and why it matters
  • The cost of non-compliance

 

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Sloane Dell'Orto

Founder

Sloane is the founder of Streamline and the COO of its parent company, Digital Deployment. Her passion is helping special districts connect with their communities while staying compliant with ever-changing state and federal online requirements. As a former firefighter for a special district disillusioned by onerous regulatory requirements, Sloane founded Streamline to advocate for special districts and to ease the burden of online compliance.