Kevin Lanahan,

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Introduction
Introduction Kevin Lanahan, Department of
Insurance Co-Chair of DMD
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What is the DMD?
What is the DMD?
Digital Media Developers is

• a forum

• a standards developer

• a laboratory

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History of DMD
History of DMD
Formally recognized by ITAB in 1996, but existed
for several years prior
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DMD Meetings

• DMD meetings

First Thursday of each month
130 pm to 300 pm
Room 500, Truman Building
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What has the DMD done?

• What has the DMD done?

State home page redesign
News feeds
Web guidelines
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DMD Resources

• DMD Resources

Web address http//oa.mo.gov/dmd/
mo-web mailing list
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DMD Resources

• DMD Resources (continued)

Experts

• HTML/XHTML

• CSS

• CGI

• Databases

• Design

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DMD Resources

• DMD Resources (continued)

Classes

• PDF

• Web design and workflow

• Adding CSS and accessibility to your website

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DMD Resources

• DMD Resources (continued)

Projects

• State web page redesign (http//www.mo.gov )

• News feed (http//www.mo.gov/mo/morenews.htm )

• Web guidelines (http//oa.mo.gov/dmd/guidelines/ )

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Usability and Accessibility

• Usability and Accessibility

Who uses your intranet and applications? What
happens if you don't have usability? What
happens if you don't have accessibility?

• Bad press,
• lawsuits,
• more work

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Usability and Accessibility
Usability and Accessibility

• Arkansas and Pennsylvania have suits pending
  againstthem for introducing inaccessible
  accounting software

• Expensive to fix after the fact

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Usability and Accessibility

• Usability and Accessibility Solutions

• Needs to be part of workflow
• Is more than just webalso applies to ALL
  applications

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Usability and Accessibility

• Usability is not a statutory requirement

You may not get sued for having a poorly designed
intranet or web application, but you won't get
anyone to like it or use it, either.
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Usability and Accessibility
Accessibility IS a statutory requirement
191.863 RSMo

• The council shall work in conjunction with the
  office of information technology to assure state
  compliance with the provisions of Section 508 of
  the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 regarding
  accessibility of information technology for
  individuals with disabilities.
• each state department or agency shall ensure,
  unless an undue burden would be imposed on the
  department or agency, that the information
  technology allows employees, program participants
  and members of the general public access to and
  use of information and data that is comparable to
  the access by individuals without disabilities.
  (emphasis added)