The Virginia Department of Energy submits this report pursuant to § 2.2-3504 of the Code of Virginia to identify information and communications technology (ICT) that does not meet applicable accessibility requirements and to describe the anticipated fiscal impact of bringing that technology into compliance.

Based on the Agency’s assessment for the reporting period, existing agency website content and Esri StoryMaps constitute the only identified category of nonconforming ICT. The Agency is continually working toward WCAG 2.1 AA compliance on general web content and has identified ten StoryMap publications that do not meet applicable accessibility requirements. No other nonconforming ICT has been identified.

The assessment completed during this reporting period focused on public-facing ICT. Internal employee-facing windows applications have not yet been fully assessed due to public-facing applications and web sites/applications taking priority. This report does not represent a determination that all other Agency ICT conforms to applicable accessibility requirements.

The anticipated remediation approach is for the Digital Accessibility Coordinator and IT staff to utilize SiteImprove to identify and remediate existing accessibility issues, and for Agency mapping staff led by the GIS Administrator with support from the Digital Accessibility Coordinator to recreate the affected StoryMap publications using new tools and verify the accessibility of the resulting content. The primary anticipated fiscal impact is employee time as all affected content exists within the agency purview.