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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Wow, that’s a hell of a coup. Huge congrats to all involved!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>THERESA MONTANO via Colorado-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 16, 2024 3:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> colorado-talk@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> THERESA MONTANO <TMONTANO9@msn.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Colorado-Talk] Colorado ranks #1 in web site accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am sharing some great news we received yesterday. When I first started at the Governor’s Office 7 years ago, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Colorado ranked 48 out of 52. Today with the help of the Advisory Board and my team of 10, we are at number 1!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proves the collaborative success of the Technology Accessibility Program and the Technology Accessibility Advisory Board.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am so proud of my teams and shout out to our NFB Board members-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chelsea Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Pilkington<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Julia Zanon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christine McGroarty<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nancy Feldman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Show Trela<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cynde Vaughn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 <a href="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=" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>Government Section of the Accessibility Chapter in the Web Almanac</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=643 height=489 style='width:6.6979in;height:5.0937in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB3939.C71394F0" alt="Web Almanac accessibility scores for top 15 sites. Colorado ranks #1 at 96% and Vermont ranks #2 at 94%."></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Here is a link to the specific data points that he sent me via LinkedIn. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="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=" target="_blank"><span style='color:#202124;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='color:#202124;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'> Colorado Independent Statewide Accessibility Evaluation by Web Almanac</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Theresa Montano PMP/CSM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Solutions Architect of Accessibility<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>303-862-1683<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>State Scoop award 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Association of Accessibility Professionals member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Advisor EDI Action Alliance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>