E-Agenda Going Back to Tender

Graeme McNaughton, The Oshawa Express, MARCH 22, 2017
When the Region of Durham puts out a new tender for its electronic agenda system, it will ensure the winning company knows what its doing. the company that previously held the contract, the American-based Accela, couldnt make a system that worked within the province’s legal requirements. The contract was first terminated in late January because Accela could not make the system work with the province’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), which says that web pages and other online documents belonging to government entities must be accessible for those with disabilities, including the ability to resize text, audio description for pre-recorded video content and captioning for live video. The Region says it will ensure next winner has local references.