Common use of Web Accessibility Clause in Contracts

Web Accessibility. Responsibility for Content: Contractor is solely responsible for administration, content, intellectual property rights and all materials at Contractor’s website. Contractor is solely responsible for its actions and those of its agents, employees, resellers, Sub-Contractors or assigns, and agrees that neither Contractor nor any of the foregoing has any authority to act or speak on behalf of the State. As applicable, Contractor agrees to comply with the Office of Information Technology Services f/k/a Office for Technology policy NYS-P08-005 Accessibility of Web-Based Information and Applications, as may be amended, the stated purpose of which is to make State Agency web- based Intranet and Internet information accessible for persons with disabilities. In accordance with such policy, the following language is incorporated into this Contract: Any web-based information and applications development, or programming delivered pursuant to this Contract, shall comply with New York State Enterprise IT Policy NYS-P08-005, Accessibility of Web-Based Information and Applications as such policy may be amended, modified or superseded, which requires that state agency web-based information and applications are accessible to persons with disabilities. Web-based information and applications must conform to New York State Enterprise IT Policy NYS-P08-005 as determined by quality assurance testing. Such quality assurance testing shall be conducted by OGS and the results of such testing must be satisfactory to OGS before web-based information and applications shall be considered a qualified deliverable under this Contract.