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Web Guidelines Working and Advisory Groups

Web Guidelines Working and Advisory Groups

The State Services Commission established a Web Guidelines Working Group in August 2005, and a Web Guidelines Advisory Group in September 2005. The Working Group will complete a review of the Web Guidelines. The Advisory Group will provide a Quality Assurance role by reviewing the documents produced by the Working Group.

The review of the Web Guidelines has been divided into two phases.

The first phase was completed Sept 05 – Dec 05, and delivered Agencies a self-audit checklist including examples where possible.

The second phase (Feb 06 – Dec 06) will complete an in-depth review of the Web Guidelines and produce the next version (v3.0). This phase will include public consultation in September 2006. The new version will ensure new and emerging Web technologies are considered and included where relevant. The information listed below relates to the second phase.

Scope

The scope of the Advisory and Working Groups includes:
  • Reviewing previous stances taken on interpreting the guidelines and agreeing new stances
  • Review content of guidelines to improve clarity and remove any conflict of information
  • Review the principles underlying the guidelines to ensure that they still apply and add any principles that will enhance understanding of existing Web Guidelines
  • Indicate elements of the Web Guidelines that do not improve the user experience and are expensive to meet

  • Develop version 3.0 of Web Guidelines

  • Include relevant new internet technology capabilities
  • Determine how Version 3.0 will be presented on website
  • Develop version 2 of self audit checklist

Excluded from scope

The scope of Phase II activities for the group excludes:

  • Approval for agency exemptions from the Web Guidelines (this is an e-GIF Management Committee role)

Related Work

The Interoperability Team will also be involved in the above working group activities.

The following diagram describes the relationship structure for the Advisory and Working Groups:

The relationship between the e-GIF Management Committee and the Working and Advisory Groups.

Note: The e-GIF Management Committee is the decision-making body.

Web Guidelines Working Group

The agencies participating on the Web Guidelines Working Group are:

  • State Services Commission Chairperson
  • State Services Commission Liaison
  • The Treasury
  • Ministry of Social Development
  • Ministry of Economic Development
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Inland Revenue
  • National Library
  • Usability Professional Association New Zealand (UPANZ)
  • Disabled Person Association (DPA) New Zealand

Web Guidelines Advisory Group

The Advisory Group does not have a fixed or static membership. Agencies are welcome to join this group, and to comment on the Web Guidelines ahead of public consultation. To join, or for further information, contact karen.burns@ssc.govt.nz.

The agencies currently participating on the Web Guidelines Advisory Group are:

  • State Services Commission
  • Office for Disability Issues
  • Wellington Web Standards
  • Corrections Department
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Police
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Department of Building and Housing
  • Education Review Office
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Statistics
  • Parliamentary Counsel Office
  • New Zealand Defence Force
  • Ministry of Fisheries
  • Absolutely.co.nz Ltd
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  • University of Canterbury
  • District Health Board
  • Accessware Ltd
  • Land Transport
  • Land Information New Zealand
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force
  • Ministry of Social Development
  • New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  • Career Services