Mike had this article published with the Federal News Network celebrating the approach taken by the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Justice and the GSA to collect accessibility information from government agencies.
-Seeing results every six months will also be so important to be able to track progress on meeting the Seciton 508 goals, but also achieving the government's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) goals.
]]>Seeing results every six months will also be so important to be able to track progress on meeting the Seciton 508 goals, but also achieving the government's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) goals.
]]>Mike had this article published with GitHub's ReadME Project looking back over what worked with Drupal, and how it could apply to more open source projects.
-Drupal is probably the most accessible content management system in the world. This didn't happen over night, and it has taken the input of hundreds of people. Still there are other software communities that can learn from this to make their code more accessible.
]]>Drupal is probably the most accessible content management system in the world. This didn't happen over night, and it has taken the input of hundreds of people. Still there are other software communities that can learn from this to make their code more accessible.
]]>Mike had this article published with the Federal News Network on how the USA government can learn from best practices adopted in Europe with the Web Accessibility Directive.
-There is such a great opportunity to learn from and build on the work done by the European Commission. Right now they are leading the world in digital accessibility.
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We spoke to CivicActioner Daniel Mundra, Associate Director of Drupal, about @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ how local players and teams evolved.
Daniel Mundra: Diving into Drupal was originally published in CivicActions on Medium, where people are -continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
]]>Full post: How I do automated accessibility testing for my website
]]>Full post: How I do automated accessibility testing for my website
]]>My presentation focused on my experience in Drupal. Drupal has been a leader in digital accessibility for over an decade. Working with an open community has allowed us to pioneer some new solutions to common design challenges. Working in the open has allowed us to tap expertise outside of our community and given space for people with disabilities to become involved in a variety of roles. Accessibility best practices make it clear that accessibility needs to be considered at all levels of a project.
-This talk draws on the experience of the Drupal community but isn't limited to it. I touched on the We4Authors Cluster initiative of Funka with the European Commission.
]]>This talk draws on the experience of the Drupal community but isn't limited to it. I touched on the We4Authors Cluster initiative of Funka with the European Commission.
]]>My talk focused on some of the challenges that governments are facing as they work to modernize and adopt modern digital first practices. In my talk I address Open Government, open source software and Civic Tech. I highlight how digital accessibility is a huge challenge for governments. Often innovation clashes with inclusive design. There is new legislative pressure on governments, and governments are always struggling to do more with less.
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