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Multi-method evaluation of United States federal electronic government websites in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Multi-method evaluation of United States federal electronic government websites in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities./
Author:	Jaeger, Paul T.
Description:	269 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1130.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-04A.
Subject:	Information Science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3216498
ISBN:	9780542660214

Multi-method evaluation of United States federal electronic government websites in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Jaeger, Paul T.

Multi-method evaluation of United States federal electronic government websites in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities. - 269 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1130.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2006.

This dissertation examined the implementation of the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act on federal electronic government websites. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that federal e-government websites be accessible to persons with disabilities. These accessibility standards were designed to ensure that e-government websites: (1) provide equal or equivalent access to all users, and (2) work compatibly with assistive technologies, such as narrators, scanners, enlargement, voice-activated technologies, and many other devices that persons with disabilities may employ. Section 508 was passed in 1998 and was to have been implemented by 2001.

ISBN: 9780542660214Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017528
Information Science.

Multi-method evaluation of United States federal electronic government websites in terms of accessibility for persons with disabilities.
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520 $a While some studies have been conducted to assess the accessibility of federal e-government sites, the breadth and depth of issues related to e-government website accessibility has not been adequately examined. This dissertation was a multi-method study of the accessibility of e-government sites in terms of the Section 508 standards that addresses the complexities of accessibility and the reasons for continued inaccessibility on e-government sites. The methods in this study included a law and policy analysis of the standards of Section 508, user testing involving persons with disabilities interacting with e-government websites, expert testing of e-government websites, testing of e-government websites with automated testing software, and a survey of federal web developers regarding their perceptions about accessibility.
520 $a The key findings from the dissertation include: (1) Compliance with Section 508 standards varies widely between websites. (2) The level of importance accorded to website accessibility varies between agencies. (3) Agencies oriented toward issues of disability are more likely to have accessible websites. Agencies lack a standardized approach to Section 508. (4) Some e-government websites focus on certain aspects of accessibility. (5) The channels of communication between e-government websites and users need improvement. (6) Agencies' perceptions about the accessibility of their sites are not entirely accurate. (7) Compliance with Section 508 could be increased with funding and education for web developers. (8) Commonly accessible e-government sites are still an unfulfilled goal. Ultimately, this dissertation provided a robust, user-centered portrait of the levels of accessibility of e-government websites, reasons for the current levels of accessibility, and perceptions about accessibility.
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