The National Audit Office, the official auditor of UK government agencies, is to publish a report on the accessibility of government web and other electronic services early in the New Year, E-Government Bulletin has learned. The report will assess how well departments conform to the international accessibility guidelines issued by the World Wide Web Consortium as well as the government's own guidelines developed by the Office of the e-Envoy.
Jeremy Lonsdale, the NAO official who is currently drafting the report, said the audit will extend beyond web services to other electronic media. "We are also picking up on issues relating to digital television," he said. In coming to its conclusions, the audit office will draw on the input of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Age Concern, Lonsdale said.
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