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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>Congratulations, and thank you to all who have worked to make this happen. It is gratifying to know that Colorado is still leading the pack on great ideas and implementation of them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At your service,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maryann Migliorelli—President <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind Boulder Valley Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 303-499-9125<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell 720-284-2318<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBBoulder@gmail.com<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_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DB38EB.C30E5CD0" 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=32 height=32 style='width:.3333in;height:.3333in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/32/type/application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet"></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>