Library: Policy

OKDHS:2-40-72. Developed and deployed information technology

Issued 9-1-11

(a) Purpose. This section addresses the development and deployment of information technology (IT) by or for Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) including, but not limited to, applications, web pages, websites, and web content that meet the Oklahoma Information Technology Accessibility (OITA) standards.

(b) Assessment and validation.

(1) IT must have an accessibility assessment completed and validated prior to publishing, deployment, or use.
(2) If the IT does not meet all the OITA standards, the individual requestor may request a conditional approval from the Web Governance Board. The IT must go through the entire accessibility assessment process before a conditional approval is requested.

(1) Requesting individual. The requesting individual ensures the accessibility assessment is completed prior to deployment, publishing, or use by selecting an accessibility assessor and accessibility validator from the list maintained by the OKDHS CIO. Accessibility assessors and validators must be selected from different divisions.
(2) Accessibility assessor. The accessibility assessor provides an assessment of representations made by the requesting individual or division.
(3) Accessibility validator. The accessibility validator reviews the assessment findings and conducts sample verification of compliance.
(4) Web Governance Board (WGB). The OKDHS WGB decides accessibility compliance disputes that arise between the requesting individual and accessibility assessors and validators prior to deployment, publishing, or use. The WGB is authorized to grant conditional approval to deploy developed IT. The WGB maintains an Infonet list of all conditional approvals with agreed-upon compliance dates granted by both the OKDHS Director and the WGB.
(5) Director. The OKDHS Director considers appeals of WGB decisions.