How OMB can improve .gov accessibility

May 5, 2023

How OMB can improve .gov accessibility

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.

Mike Gifford is a CivicActions Accessibility team member and a Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer. He has been actively involved in the accessibility unconference community and founder of Ottawa's A11yYOW meetup. He's also a certified IAAP WAS (Web Accessibility Specialist) and has completed the DHS Section 508 Standards for Web certification.