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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 619
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(ii) include all aspects of State information technology including
telecommunications, data processing, and information management;
(iii) consider interstate transfers due to federal legislation and
regulation;
(iv) ensure that information technology plans and budgets are
consistent; and
(v) ensure that State information technology plans, policies, and
standards are consistent with State goals, objectives, and resources, and represent a
long-range vision for using information technology to improve the overall
effectiveness of State government; AND
(5) ADOPTING BY REGULATION AND ENFORCING NONVISUAL ACCESS
STANDARDS TO BE USED IN THE PROCUREMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY OR ON BEHALF
OF UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
3-412.
(a) The Chief and the Board, in consultation with other units of State
government, and after public comment, shall develop a nonvisual access clause for
use in the procurement of information technology AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SERVICES which specifies that the technology AND SERVICES:
(1) must provide equivalent access for effective use by both visual and
nonvisual means;
(2) will present information, including prompts used for interactive
communications, in formats intended for both visual and nonvisual use;
(3) can be integrated into networks for obtaining, retrieving, and
disseminating information used by individuals who are not blind or visually impaired;
and
(4) shall be obtained, whenever possible, without modification for
compatibility with software and hardware for nonvisual access.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the nonvisual
access clause required under subsection (a) of this section shall be included in each
invitation for bids or request for proposals AND IN EACH PROCUREMENT CONTRACT
OR MODIFICATION OF A CONTRACT ISSUED UNDER TITLE 13 OF THIS ARTICLE,
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE METHOD CHOSEN UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 1 [under
Division II] of this article for the purchase of new or upgraded information technology
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
(2) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A) (4) OF THIS
SECTION, THE nonvisual access clause required under paragraph (1) of this
subsection is not required if:
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