Web Site Rankings for 70 Largest U.S. Cities; Disability Access Problems Plague City Government Web Sites.

AScribe Health News Service, September, 2003

Byline: Brown University

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most government Web sites maintained by America's 70 largest cities fail to meet basic disability access standards for the vision and hearing-impaired, according to a new urban "e-government" study by researchers at Brown University.

Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and a team of researchers led by Carrie Bersak and Emily Boness analyzed 1,933 sites maintained by city governments. The researchers examined an average 27.6 Web sites in each city, including home pages for the mayor, city council and major departments and agencies. Financial support for the project was provided by Brown University. Research was completed during...

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