Government Web Guidelines

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Government Web Guidelines

• John Spavin
• Netco New Zealand Ltd
• November 2003

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Treasury 1998
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Cabinet Speeches
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Beehive 1995
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executive.govt.nz 1995
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govt.nz 1996
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Census 2001

• 1in 5 New Zealanders are disabled to some degree
  and old people are more affected than younger
  people.
• Physical disabilities most common type of
  disability
• 42 have their mildly limited.
• Source 2001 New Zealand Disability Survey
  Snapshot 6 Sensory Disabilities
• www.stats.govt.nz

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Census 2001

• 43 moderately afflicted. 
• 15 severely limited.  
• One-third disabled adults use special equipment.
   
• 1 in 5 of us or 800,000 people. 
• Source 2001 New Zealand Disability Survey
  Snapshot 6 Sensory Disabilities
• www.stats.govt.nz

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Census 2001

• 81,500 (est.) blind or with sight limitations. 
• 7,800 approx. Completely blind.  
• Source 2001 New Zealand Disability Survey
  Snapshot 6 Sensory Disabilities
• www.stats.govt.nz

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govt.nz 2003
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govt.nz Content
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govt.nz Netscape 4.x
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govt.nz Bobby report
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govt.nz Bobby queries
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Blind Foundation Bobby
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wired.com
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justice.govt.nz lt2003
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justice.govt.nz gt2003
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Decisions to make

• Layout using Cascading Style Sheets versus tables

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Decisions to make

• Layout using Cascading Style Sheets versus tables
  
• Backward browser compatibility

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Decisions to make

• Layout using Cascading Style Sheets versus tables
  
• Backward browser compatibility
• Monitor size

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Decisions to make
www.thecounter.com
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Decisions to make
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Decisions to make
Source www.webmonkey.com
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Decisions to make
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Decisions to make

• Layout using Cascading Style Sheets versus tables
  
• Backward browser compatibility
• Monitor size
• Maori translations

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OOBE
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Writing style

• Pacific Peoples

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Writing style

• Pacific Peoples
• Gobbledegook

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Writing style

• Pacific Peoples
• GobbledegookWe have developed two main
  outcomes and underlying intermediate outcomes to
  clearly illustrate how we support these key
  government goals. Each outcome contributes to the
  achievement of other outcomes, reflecting the
  real connections between citizens, community and
  government.

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Writing style

• Pacific Peoples
• Gobbledegook
• JargonDemand for sustainable high quality
  advice and services can exceed capacity to
  deliver. To ensure that we can deliver what is
  expected of us, we are reviewing our resource
  requirements and will ensure that our output plan
  commitments do not exceed funded capacity.

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Government Web Guidelines

• John Spavin
• Netco New Zealand Ltd
• November 2003