Access Brief: Insights & Guidance for Digital Accessibility
Access Brief is where Accessible Organizations Group shares insights and guidance for digital accessibility with public agencies and AEC firms working to meet federal ADA Title II requirements. Each post translates the regulatory landscape, technical standards, and practical realities of compliance into plain language you can act on. Whether you are building a compliance program, producing public-facing content, or preparing for the enforcement deadline, this is where you will find the context and the tools to move forward.
July 15, 2026
The Enforcement Gap: What the Extension Did Not Extend
On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice extended the ADA Title II digital accessibility deadlines by one year. Large public entities now have until April 26, 2027. Smaller entities and special districts have until April 26, 2028. The technical standard did not change. The scope did not change. Only the date when WCAG 2.1 Level AA becomes the enforceable benchmark moved. Public participation did not get an extension. It is happening right now.
MAY 07 2026
IT is Not the Owner of Your Content.
When a public agency learns that its digital content must conform to WCAG 2.1 AA, the first instinct is almost always the same: assign it to IT. This makes sense on the surface. Digital accessibility sounds like a technology problem. The word digital is right there in the name. IT manages the website, the servers, the content management system. It feels like their domain.
April 28 2026
The DOJ Deadline Moved. The HHS Deadline Did Not. Here Is What That Means.
On May 9, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule updating the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 504 has prohibited disability-based discrimination in federally funded programs for over 50 years. What the 2024 final rule added was the specific technical standard for digital accessibility: WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The same standard required under ADA Title II.
April 21 2026
What Makes a PDF Accessible (and What Does Not) |Â Insights and Guidance for Digital Accessibility
If you work at a state DOT or an AEC firm that delivers documents to one, there is a very high probability that your agency’s website hosts PDFs that do not meet WCAG 2.1 AA. This is not a criticism. It is the starting condition for nearly every public agency in the country.Â
April 17, 2026
Why Digital Accessibility for Transportation Agencies is a Different Conversation
The Title II deadline moved to April 26, 2027 for large agencies, but the complexity did not. Transportation agencies still face federal funding oversight, mandatory public involvement, contractor-produced content, and document libraries at scale. Here's why the generic accessibility playbook falls short.