February 18, 2026

Countdown to the Accessibility Deadline: What You Can Do Right Now

Georgia state agencies are officially nine weeks away from the ADA Title II digital accessibility compliance deadline on April 24, 2026.

This deadline applies to all public-facing digital programs and services, including websites, documents, forms, and other online content that the public relies on to access your agency’s work.

If your agency is feeling behind, you’re not alone, and there are meaningful steps you can take right now to reduce risk and make progress.

Deadline? What Deadline?

Under Title II of the ADA, state agencies must ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to an agency’s programs and services through its digital content. Every agency is responsible for the accessibility of its digital content, including all public-facing websites, apps, and uploaded documents and media. Accessibility is measured against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the internationally recognized standards for accessible digital content.

Never Too Late to Start

Focus on impact and risk reduction, not perfection:

  1. Identify your most critical content
    • Pages and documents tied to active services, benefits, applications, payments, or legal obligations that the public must use
    • GovHub subscribers can use Siteimprove to help identify PDFs that do not meet compliance, see how often they’re used, and get remediation tips.
  2. Pause new inaccessible content
    • Stop posting new PDFs, images of text, or uncaptioned media unless accessibility is addressed
    • Small prevention steps now reduce future remediation work
    • Communicating about accessibility across the agency helps gain support for accessibility efforts
  3. Triage existing content
    • Flag high-risk items (frequently used PDFs, forms, reports)
    • Archive or remove outdated content that no longer needs to be public
  4. Document your approach
    • Keep notes on what you’ve prioritized, what’s in progress, and what still needs remediation
    • Demonstrating a good-faith, structured effort matters
  5. Identify a digital accessibility coordinator
    • Each agency should identify someone who users can call if they run into problems accessing content on your site. This may be the agency’s ADA coordinator or someone else who is more website focused.
  6. Ask for help
    • If remediation capacity is limited, explore outside vendor support. We can recommend vendors.

You don’t have to do this alone

GTA Digital Services and Solutions is actively supporting agencies with:

  • Prioritization and triage guidance
  • Plain-language explanations for leadership and agency communications
  • Remediation pathways (internal and vendor-supported)

If you’re unsure where to start, that’s OK! It’s a solvable problem.

Nine weeks is not a lot of time, but it is enough time to make smart decisions that protect your agency and improve access for the people you serve.

Resources

  • Join the Next Accessibility Compliance Working Group

Our next monthly online gathering to discuss accessibility compliance issues is scheduled for March 4th at 11 a.m. This is a peer forum open to any Georgia state agency to share ideas and ask questions.
Register now

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers published a guide to comply with the DOJ Final Rule. This practical resource helps state and local governments navigate the Department of Justice’s 2024 rule on web and mobile accessibility. 

The guide can be downloaded on NASCIO’s website.

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