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In an effort to address the needs of all users, the Illinois Technology
Office has established the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS).
On February 14, 2002, the Governor signed an Administrative
Order directing Illinois agencies to "utilize the Illinois Web Accessibility
Standards for the development of web sites, intranets, and web-based applications."
These standards are based on Federal
"Section 508" and World Wide Web Consortium
accessibility guidelines, which were reviewed extensively by a panel of
experts during the preparation of IWAS. You may wonder why the Illinois
Technology Office has created an additional set of standards when the
Section 508 and W3C standards already exist. The answer is quite simple:
The federal Section 508 guidelines deal with a very basic level of accessibility
needs while leaving out many issues facing users. The W3C guidelines,
on the other hand, offer three tiers of priorities that go into greater
depth than many government entities are able to address at this time.
IWAS incorporate a combination of the two creating a standard well suited
to serve the users of Illinois web sites.
The
Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS)
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