[Colorado-Talk] Colorado ranks #1 in web site accessibility

[Jessica Sears]

Hello,

Great news. How exciting. Thanks for sharing.
Jessica

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM THERESA MONTANO via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings all!
>
> I  am sharing some great news we received yesterday.  When I first started
> at the Governor’s Office 7 years ago,
>
> Colorado ranked 48 out of 52.  Today with the help of the Advisory Board
> and my team of 10, we are at number 1!!
>
> This proves the collaborative  success of the Technology Accessibility
> Program and the    Technology Accessibility Advisory Board.
>
> As we all know the work is never done and moving the Government into
> operationalizing accessibility completely is a slow moving effort. Many
> challenges, dead ends and work arounds.   we are diligently working to make
> a “One Colorado for all.”
>
> I am so proud of my teams and shout out to our NFB Board members-
>
> Curtis Chong
>
> Chelsea Cook
>
> Jim Pilkington
>
> Julia Zanon
>
> Christine McGroarty
>
> Nancy Feldman
>
> Show Trela
>
> Cynde Vaughn
>
>
>
> Colorado was ranked by an independent evaluation of our websites, mostly
> based on the Colorado.gov CMS                                , as the most
> accessible state in the country! Colorado and Vermont are much further
> ahead than other states. You can read more about it in the Government
> Section of the Accessibility Chapter in the Web Almanac
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__almanac.httparchive.org_en_2024_accessibility-23government&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=POXFNpI9lzB-36NXnN77zUaZUGHpZJgDLQuTybdO0vs&m=Bzzt5rZzvV8h4GJzk78wvXtON3DmEynQbcrtxukR9TRkKeZdZqdHBVYn4UVYBeYk&s=ULEgnOTFTwoMKYAMTBoa8m_oxjToLs2zyAgTZnBW_JA&e=>
> .
>
>
>
> [image: Web Almanac accessibility scores for top 15 sites. Colorado ranks
> #1 at 96% and Vermont ranks #2 at 94%.]
>
>
>
> Here is a link to the specific data points that he sent me via LinkedIn.
>
>  Colorado Independent Statewide Accessibility Evaluation by Web Almanac
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-3Fid-3D1WPhQdu-5F-2DIf8lLaz5AvSP5OiFjvnUjwZB7oHIL2azA0Y&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=POXFNpI9lzB-36NXnN77zUaZUGHpZJgDLQuTybdO0vs&m=Bzzt5rZzvV8h4GJzk78wvXtON3DmEynQbcrtxukR9TRkKeZdZqdHBVYn4UVYBeYk&s=rWfvsthhsFQKjMmykDpNClOOfsJ-JoXmSRcockT7MSM&e=>
>
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>
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>
>
> Theresa Montano PMP/CSM
>
> Senior Solutions Architect of Accessibility
>
> Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology
>
> 303-862-1683
>
>
>
> State Scoop award 2022
>
> International Association of Accessibility Professionals member
>
> Senior Advisor EDI Action Alliance
>
>
>
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