[LINK] Australian Government Web Accessibility Audit Findings, Canberra, 18 January 2007

[Liddy Nevile]

Will you report on the event for those of us who can't make it, please?

Liddy

On 08/01/2007, at 4:40 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:

>
> Recommended:
>
>> Seventh Canberra WSG meeting
>>
>> When: Thursday 18 January
>> Time: 2.30 pm - 4.45 pm (please arrive by 2.15 pm to register with  
>> security, even earlier if you need to find a car park)
>>
>> Where: Bunker Theatre, Department of the Environment and Heritage,  
>> John Gorton Building, King Edward Tce, Parkes, ACT  2600
>>
>> Cost: Free
>> RSVP: gavin.dispain at deh.gov.au (very important to speed up the  
>> sign in process)
>>
>> First speaker: Alexi Paschalidis, Oxide Interactive Topic 1: Navy  
>> web site redevelopment ...
>>
>> Second speaker: Gavin Dispain, Department of the Environment and  
>> Heritage
>> Topic 2: 2006 web standards audit of Australian Government home pages
>> During December 2006, the home pages of 105 Australian Government  
>> web sites were audited for compliance with W3C, WAI and Australian  
>> Government best practice web standards. Gavin will present the  
>> findings of the audit.
>>
>> Web sites that were audited: aad, abs, accc, accesscard, afma,  
>> afp, ag, agimo, ags, ahc, aic, amsa, anao, anbg, aph, apsc, apvma,  
>> army, asada, asic, asio, ato, ausport, australia,  
>> australianapprenticeships, awm, bom, casa, centrelink, chah,  
>> citizenship, coag, community, communitywatergrants, connected,  
>> connectedwater, crimecommission, crimtrac, cultureandrecreation,  
>> customs, daff, dcita, defence, deh, dest, dewr, dfat, dha,  
>> directory, dotars, dpmc, dsd, dva, environment, ephc, e- 
>> strategyguide, facs, finance, ga, gbrmpa, gcu, gov, greenhouse,  
>> greenvehicleguide, harbourtrust, health, heritage, hreoc,  
>> humanservices, immi, industry, ipaustralia, jobsearch, lebmf, lwa,  
>> mdbc, medicareaustralia, mincos, movingintowork, naa, napswq,  
>> nathers, nationalcapital, navy, nht, nla, npi, nrm, nsif, nwc,  
>> oilrecycling, oipc, orer, ozco, peo, pm, privacy, publications,  
>> smos, tenders, tga, travelsmart, treasury, waterrating, wea
>>
>> Third speaker: Karl Hayes, Hitwise Topic 3: Best practice tactics  
>> for government web sites ...
>> ... <file://www.webstandardsgroup.org>www.webstandardsgroup.org ...
>
> ps: Make sure you book and turn up on time. You can't wander in off  
> the street, as the meeting is held in the "bunker theatre" UNDER  
> the Department of Environment <http://www.tomw.net.au/travel/ 
> gallery.shtml#jgb>.
>
>
>
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