Resources & Guides

Government Website Accessibility: Guides, Checklists, and Compliance Resources

Practical guidance written for government staff, IT teams, and compliance officers · not lawyers or consultants.

Featured Reports & Guides

Start here. Longer reads for teams doing the actual planning.

Report

2026 State of Government Website Accessibility Report

Our annual research report. 2,400+ government sites scored against WCAG 2.1 AA. Sector breakdown, PDF risk, and how CMS platform choice actually moved the numbers.

45 pages · Data across 4 sectors

Guide

The Complete ADA Title II Action Plan for Government Web Teams

10 steps from your first legal briefing to ongoing monitoring. Written for IT directors and compliance officers who need a plan that survives a council meeting.

10-step plan · IT + compliance

Whitepaper

PDF Accessibility: The Hidden Compliance Crisis in Government Web Publishing

Why PDFs are the single biggest ADA risk on your site, what makes them so hard to fix, and a working framework for classification and remediation.

Technical whitepaper

Prefer to Fix It Yourself, One Plugin at a Time?

WordPress accessibility plugins built by WPPersona, each mapped to a specific WCAG 2.1 AA success criterion: alt text, PDFs, contrast, forms, menus, tables, and more.

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Ebooks

Deep dives on specific problems. Download, read, hand to your team.

Ebook82 pages

The 2027 DOJ Deadline Survival Guide for Local Government

What local government leaders actually need to know about the DOJ ADA Title II deadline. The rule, who is at risk, 6-month action plans, and how to brief elected officials.

Ebook124 pages

The Government Web Accessibility Handbook: From Compliance to Excellence

Past checkbox compliance. A working reference on accessible design, navigation patterns, forms, documents, multimedia, and building an accessibility culture inside a government web team.

EbookRFP + TCO guide

Government CMS Buyer's Guide: Evaluating Platforms for ADA Compliance

10 RFP questions, a VPAT evaluation walkthrough, a CivicPlus / Granicus / WPPersona feature matrix, and the total cost of ownership numbers procurement teams keep asking for.

Ebook50 pages · Playbook

PDF Accessibility Remediation Playbook for Government Agencies

A field playbook for fixing PDF accessibility at scale. Document classification, risk scoring, an Adobe Acrobat workflow, OCR for scanned pages, and when HTML wins.

Checklist47 items · 7 categories

Government Website ADA Compliance Launch Checklist

47 items to verify before launch. Organized across template and design, navigation, content, PDFs, forms, legal, and monitoring. Print it, work it, sign it off.

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Case Studies13 stories

Real Results from Real Government Agencies

Cities, counties, school districts, transit authorities, libraries, universities, and special districts. What they shipped, on what timeline, at what cost.

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Articles

Shorter reads on specific compliance questions. All free.

Compliance

ADA Title II Government Website Compliance: The Complete 2027 Guide

A full summary of the DOJ rule, what it covers, and a practical action plan for government agencies facing the April 2027 and April 2028 deadlines.

Technical

WCAG 2.1 AA for Government Websites: What It Means and What It Requires

A breakdown of WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criteria and what they mean in practice for government web publishing teams and IT directors.

How-To

How to Audit Your Government Website's PDF Accessibility (Free Method)

Step-by-step instructions for identifying inaccessible PDFs on your government website before running a formal compliance audit.

How-To

Government Website PDF Remediation: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to fix inaccessible PDFs: from re-exporting tagged PDFs from source to OCR for scanned documents and HTML alternatives.

Compliance

ADA Website Compliance for Small Towns and Townships

A practical guide for small municipalities with limited IT capacity. What the law requires, what you can do now, and how to prioritize.

Technical

Section 508 vs. WCAG 2.1 AA: What's the Difference for Government Websites?

Compliance officers often encounter both Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA. This guide clarifies the relationship and what each standard requires.

How-To

How to Write Accessible Alt Text for Government Website Images

A practical guide for content editors. What good alt text looks like, common mistakes, and how to handle different image types on government sites.

Compliance

Government Website Accessibility Statement: Template and Requirements

What an accessible website accessibility statement must include, how to publish it, and a template you can adapt for your agency.

Compliance

DOJ ADA Title II Final Rule: What Local Governments Must Do Before the Deadline

An urgency-focused breakdown of the final rule, enforcement mechanisms, and the specific steps local governments must take before April 2027.

Compliance

Government Website Accessibility for K-12 School Districts

Public school districts face the same ADA Title II obligations as cities and counties. This guide walks through the specific requirements for K-12.

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