The required date for agencies to complete a self-assessment of their websites against the new Government Web Standards has been extended from October 2010, to March 2011, to allow agencies more time to prepare for this change.
The Government Web Standards are mandatory for any public website created by Public Service departments and each agency must conduct standards assessments of all the websites for which it has responsibility at least once a year, the results of which must be submitted to Government Technology Services (GTS).
Deciding to use social media (Web guide). Recent regulatory changes make it easier for New Zealand government departments to use social media tools.
After talking with the W3C, we've removed our truncated "developer's guide" to WCAG2.0. This is because it was a little too truncated and didn't reflect the standards exactly. We recommend the W3C's "How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference" (see the technical Web guides section) as the best and most usable introduction.
