Recently, we lost two proposals that we were more than qualified to win. We diligently sought the buyers’ feedback and will use it to guide our future proposals. As we talked with them, however, it was clear that they had…
New DOJ Title II Web Accessibility Guidance
On January 8, our friends at the Disability Rights Section issued new guidance, State and Local Governments: First Steps Toward Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Web and Mobile Application Accessibility Rule. Of course, this was shortly…
Legal Update: January 2025
January 2025 has been tumultuous on so many levels and it was good to have the opportunity to sit down and reflect back. It’s also been sunny up here in the Pacific Northwest, which unfortunately means much colder weather than…
Municipality Document Compliance WebinarBest Practices & Key Insights for 2025
Attention Municipal Leaders, Clerks, and Accessibility Advocates! Are you confident your municipality’s documents meet accessibility compliance standards? Join Continual Engine’s Kritin Yokota and Converge Accessibility’s Ken Nakata for a FREE webinar where we’ll uncover: ✅ The most common document compliance…
Legal Update: December 2024
December was a Slow Month 2025 is going to end with a whimper and not a bang. My not-so-reliable Lexis alerts, only offered one case this month– and even it is hardly newsworthy. Back in August, I described Velazquez v.…
Legal Update: November 2024
Wow, can you believe it’s really December? Between national and personal events, I happy that November is in the rear view mirror. November also didn’t bring us much in terms of web accessibility cases. Eastern District of Pennsylvania Leans Towards…
How to Comply with DOJ’s Seemingly Impossible Web Accessibility Regulation
When DOJ came out with its original draft regulation, I compared it to a train wreck. Local governments use hundreds of web applications and expecting WCAG 2.1 A/AA compliance for all of them was impossible. When the final rule came…
Web Accessibility and the Second Trump Administration
A lot of friends have asked me what I think will happen to web and digital accessibility during the second Trump Administration. While I’m a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, I think it should be clear to anyone who knows me or reads…
Legal Update: October 2024
Ugh. I’m probably one of the only people who hates autumn in the Pacific Northwest. Sure, the colors are beautiful, but I think the colors were even more vibrant where I grew up (Berkshire County in Massachusetts). But autumn in…
How to Use the DOJ’s New Web Accessibility Regulation to Justify IT, ADA, and Legal Collaboration
Overview The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently amended its Title II regulation, introducing a new requirement for state and local government websites to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 A/AA. This regulation is a significant development, especially…