Showing posts with label accessibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accessibility. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

How does government manage the consequences of an imbalance in speed of transparency & speed of accountability?

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One of the emerging challenges for governments in the online age is managing the discrepancy between the speed of transparency and the spee...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What penalties are there for agencies and individuals who breach government security and accessibility policies for websites and online channels?

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I regularly hear stories from people in government agencies and councils about how their organisation isn't meeting mandated security a...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Accessibility is for everyone - an awesome accessibility alphabet

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Gian Wild of AccessibilityOz made me aware of this awesome accessibility alphabet of mini-personas, reflecting a large group of people for ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Guest post: We should be celebrating our victories

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Hi, today I'm featuring a guest post by Gian Wild of AccessibilityOz Gian is Australia's leading specialist in accessibility an...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Suggestions for governments stepping into open data

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I've been completing a survey for the  Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) related to the Queensland Government's open ...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Is it possible to deliver a government agency's standard IT systems on a single USB?

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CSIR Mk 1 with Hollerith equipment, Sydney 1952 Source: Museum Victoria The Australian government was one of the earliest adopters of c...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Sentiment analysis: where 'disabled' and 'disability' are often considered negative terms

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It's come to my attention that a number of automated sentiment analysis tools include 'disabled' and 'disability' as ne...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Are organisations failing in their use of social media and apps as customer service channels?

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Guy Cranswick of IBRS has brought my attention to a media release about a new report from  Fifth Quadrant , a leading Australian customer e...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

Register now for November's Canberra Gov 2.0 lunchtime event

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It took a little while to pull together, but November's Canberra Gov 2.0 lunchtime event is now open for registration at:  gov20novembe...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Are Australia's web developers failing to deliver accessible websites?

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In a recent story in ITNews, Accessibility checker surfaces errors , John Hibbert claimed that a new Mental Health website, www.mindhealthc...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Accessibility - a great video from FaHCSIA to educate staff & management

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Last week FaHCSIA released a great video on accessibility that they're using to educate staff and management on its importance, who it ...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

My University - a great site (except for mobile users)

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I like the MyUniversity website - it's clean, useful and mostly simple. However, when using it the other day I found one extremely m...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Remove PDFs from your site to save money and increase traffic by 160x - the experience of the Vic Department of Primary Industries

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While there may now be accessibility techniques for PDFs, this doesn't mean that the format is necessarily the most appropriate for dis...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The perils of legislating channels (and the issue of website filters)

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The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website  - a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an arti...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Where's the carrot for accessibility?

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Possibly the hottest topic for Australian government web managers this year is 'accessibility', following on from the release of the...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Advertising agencies, digital agencies, web developers & printers - you need to understand government's online requirements

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It has been an interesting experience working with advertising and digital agencies, web developers and printers while in government - parti...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

The danger of permanent internet exclusion to egovernment and Gov 2.0

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The internet is increasingly defining the 21st century. It has become the primary medium used to find and share information, the most comm...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

UK redevelops legislative database to support and encourage reuse

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Brought to my attention by Mia Garlick via Twitter, the UK has redeveloped its legislative database with a focus on reuse by external partie...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

AGIMO invites participation and guest blogging on accessibility matters

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AGIMO's latest blog post, Welcome to the WCAG 2.0 Community of Expertise (CoE) , has invited those with an interest or involvement with ...
Monday, March 01, 2010

Australian Government endorses WCAG 2.0 - stipulates compliance by 2015

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Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten issued a joint media release last Tuesday 23 Febr...
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