Web accessibility for state and local government.

Alexander Danielsson — independent web accessibility engineer. WCAG 2.1 AA for public-sector websites under the Department of Justice's Title II rule.

The rule, plainly

In 2024 the Department of Justice finalized its rule under Title II of the ADA: the web content and mobile apps of state and local governments must conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The compliance dates are set — April 24, 2026 for public entities with a population of 50,000 or more, and April 26, 2027 for smaller entities and special district governments. It reaches cities, counties, school districts, transit agencies, utilities — and much of the vendor-supplied content they publish. The rule and its dates are public at ada.gov.

What a compliance pass looks like

1. Inventory. Pages, forms, PDFs and other documents, embedded third-party services — mapped against the rule's scope and its specific exceptions (archived content, certain preexisting documents), so effort lands where the obligation actually is.
2. Audit. Template-level WCAG 2.1 AA review, tested with the code and a screen reader — the same way conformance will eventually be tested by someone else.
3. Remediation. Fixes at the template and content level, document remediation where required, validation with assistive technology.
4. Documentation. A dated conformance report mapping what was done to each criterion — the record your office keeps, and the posture you want on the compliance date.

How an engagement runs

Same way all my work runs: the audit arrives first, free — findings mapped to criteria, usable by your own IT staff or any vendor. Implementation is a fixed scope at a fixed number known before anything starts, which also makes it procurement-friendly. Small enough to move fast: one engineer, direct communication, no agency overhead.

Contact

Email [email protected]. You'll get a reply from me — usually the same day, always from a person.