The Adjutant General’s Department is committed to providing an accessible web presence that enables the public full access to Texas Military Forces information and services. The Adjutant General’s Department has identified disability as a barrier to Internet access. This policy addresses accessibility from a disability standpoint. The following barriers to Internet access may be addressed in forthcoming versions of this policy: geographic barriers, economic barriers, and language barriers. Understanding that government has a responsibility to provide service to all citizens and businesses in its jurisdiction, the Adjutant General’s Department will make reasonable efforts to accommodate all users.
In order to make out public website accessible, the Adjutant General’s Department has chosen to comply with high accessibility standards in order to make the our public website accessible to all who visit. This policy describes these accessibility standards and may be updated periodically. The current version was approved on 18 July 2008.
The public website for the Adjutant General’s Department and this policy were established pursuant to Subchapter I of Chapter 2054, Texas Government Code and the authority of the Adjutant General of Texas. This document is rendered under the sanction of the Texas Adjutant General’s Department.
Adjutant General’s Department Accessibility Policy / Disability Barriers Some form of disability affects as much as twenty-three percent of the Texas population. These include but are not limited to hearing impairment, visual impairment and cognitive disorders.
The Adjutant General’s Department is committed to making our public website accessible to all users. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate all users who utilize standards compliant web browsers as well as enabling software or assistive devices. We welcome comments on how to improve the site's accessibility for users with disabilities.
To ensure AGD Website is accessible to everyone regardless of ability, we keep abreast of current accessibility practices and conduct testing throughout development of the web site and successively when applying new technologies and techniques. Achieving verification of the web site’s conformance with Section 508 is by means of various automated testing tools, such as Cynthia Says and aDesigner. Furthermore, adjunctive reviews conducted by volunteers of independent organizations work to bring the accessibility of AGD Website to a more practical level.
Additional information about accessibility programs in Texas is available from the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. The Committee serves as a central source of information on the abilities, rights, problems, and needs of the estimated 4 million Texans with disabilities. The Committee's web site has additional information about the history of Texans with disabilities, statistical material and resources to provide a clearer picture about the number of people with disabilities and accessibility programs in Texas.
If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our web site interferes with your ability to access the information, please email PAOTX@tx.ngb.army.mil. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the web address of the requested material, and your contact information.
If you have any questions or concerns about the AGD Accessibility Policy, please contact us at PAOTX@tx.ngb.army.mil. If you need to contact us via TDD equipment, dial 7-1-1 and ask the Relay Texas agent to call the AGD webmaster at (512) 782-5050. Relay Texas provides telephone-interpreting service between people who can hear and those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind or speech-disabled. For additional information please visit the Relay Texas web site.