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As of November 29, 2004
The State Web Site rule was first approved in 1999 and revised in 2002. On August 25, 2004 the DIR Board approved publishing for public comment a new version of §206. The revised rule was effective November 28, 2004. The following is a brief summary of the revisions:
- The new rules are structured into three subchapters. Subchapter A, §206.1 through §206.3 are definitions. Subchapter B, §206.50 through §206.55 contains the rules that apply only to state agencies. Subchapter C, §206.70 through §206.75, contains the rules that apply only to institutions of higher education.
- §206.1(22) updates the standards for transaction risk assessments to those described in Part 2: Risks Pertaining to Electronic Transactions and Signed Records in the “Guidelines for the Management of Electronic Transactions and Signed Records.”
- §206.52 (for state agencies) and §206.72 (for institutions of higher education) adds a recommendation that state agencies and institutions of higher education provide translations of site content into the primary language(s) of people who use the Web site. This recommendation was made to facilitate usability of state Web sites by people with limited English proficiency.
- §206.53 (a) (for state agencies) and §206.73(a)(for institutions of higher education) have been modified to require a link to the privacy and security policy from the home page or from a “site policies” page. This change was made to potentially reduce the number of links required.
- §206, 206.55(a) (for state agencies) and §206.75(a) (for institutions of higher education) adopt the Texas State Library and Archive Commission standards for use of meta tags.
- §206.55 (b) (1) (B) (for state agencies), and §206.75(b)(1)(B) (for institutions of higher education) require a link to the Texas Homeland Security site.
Additional resources for §206:
Questions about the Texas Information Technology
Standards Web pages should be addressed to Jerry Johnson by e-mail, phone: 512-475-4756, or fax: 512-475-4759.
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