Website Accessibility Policy of the State of Maine

Complete Policy

Last Revised: September, 2003
Adopted by the Information Services Policy Board 7/19/01
Revised and Adopted by the Information Services Policy Board 9/18/03

It shall be the policy of the State of Maine that information and services on Maine State Government web sites is designed to be accessible to people with disabilities.

It is the responsibility of the agency and its web page developers to become familiar with the guidelines for achieving these standards and to apply these standards in designing and creating any official State of Maine web site.

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Purpose
• Audience
• Scope
• Relation to Existing Accessibility Standards

Performance Criteria

Implementation Guidelines

• Coding
• Text
• Colors
• Images
• Image Maps
• Audio
• Multimedia
• Animation
• Links
• Forms
• Data Tables
• Frames
• Scripts
• Applets and Plug-Ins
• Downloadable Documents, including PDF Document Policy
• Window Control
• Page Layout
• Page Content
• Alternate Accessible Versions
• Contact Information
• Testing

Questions Concerning Policy?
Contact: Paul Sandlin, paul.sandlin@maine.gov, 624-9427