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sion. Section 206.56(3) requires that suggestions be moderated
to exclude overtly political or offensive language.
Janet Gilmore, Assistant Director, eGovernment Services, has
determined that during the first five-year period following the
amendment of 206.1, 206.54 and 206.74 and the addition
of new 206.55 and 206.75, there will be no fiscal impact on
state agencies, institutions of higher education and local govern-
ments resulting from compliance with such changes to the rules.
Ms. Gilmore has determined that during the first five-year pe-
riod following the addition of 206.56, there may be fiscal impact
to agencies that are required to implement the online system.
That fiscal impact will vary, depending on whether the agency
develops their own custom solution, already has online function-
ality that can be leveraged or chooses an off-the-shelf or Soft-
ware-as-a-service solution that uses a subscription fee model.
Ms. Gilmore has further determined that for each year of the first
five years following these amendments and additions to Chapter
206, there are no anticipated economic costs to persons or small
businesses resulting from the compliance with such changes to
the rules.
Written comments on the proposed amendment to exist-
ing rules and the proposed new rules may be submitted
to Megan Smith Demicco, Assistant General Counsel, 300
West 15th Street, Suite 1300, Austin, Texas 78701 or to
megan.demicco@dir.texas.gov. Comments will be accepted for
30 days after publication in the Texas Register.
SUBCHAPTER A. DEFINITIONS
1 TAC 206.1
The amendment is proposed pursuant to 2054.052(a), Texas
Government Code, which authorizes the department to adopt
rules as necessary to implement its responsibilities under Chap-
ter 2054, Texas Government Code.
No other code, article or statute is affected by this proposal.
206.1. Applicable Terms and Technologies for State Websites.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, must have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Section 508--The technical standards issued by the US
Access Board implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 as amended, 29 U.S.C. 794(d). In particular, the standards re-
lated to web accessibility contained in 36 CFR Part 1194.
(2) Accessible--A web page that can be used in a variety of
ways and that does not depend on a single sense or ability.
(3) Agency head--The top-most senior executive with op-
erational accountability for an agency, department, commission, board,
office, council, authority, or other agency in the executive or judicial
branch of state government, that is created by the constitution or a
statute of the state; or institutions of higher education, as defined in
61.003, Education Code.
(4) Alternate formats--Alternate formats usable by people
with disabilities may include, but are not limited to, Braille, ASCII text,
large print, recorded audio, and electronic formats that comply with this
chapter.
(5) Alternate methods--Different means of providing infor-
mation, including product documentation, to people with disabilities.
Alternate methods may include, but are not limited to, voice, fax, re-
lay service, TTY, Internet posting, captioning, text-to-speech synthesis,
and audio description.(6) Contact information--A list of key personnel, positions,
or program names, with corresponding phone numbers and/or email
addresses for each; and other information deemed necessary by the
agency or institution of higher education for facilitating public access.
(7) Compact With Texans--Customer service standards and
performance measures required of state agencies, including institutions
of higher education, by 2113.006 and 2114.006, Texas Government
Code.
(8) Electronic and information resources--Includes infor-
mation technology and any equipment or interconnected system or sub-
system of equipment, that is used in the creation, conversion, duplica-
tion, storage, or delivery of data or information. The term includes, but
is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), in-
formation kiosks and transaction machines, websites, multimedia, and
office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does
not include equipment that contains embedded information technology
that is used as an integral part of the product, but the principal function
of which is not the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management,
movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or
reception of data or information. For example, HVAC (heating, venti-
lation, and air conditioning) equipment such as thermostats or temper-
ature control devices and medical equipment where information tech-
nology is integral to its operation are not electronic and information
resources.
(9) Exception--A justified, documented non-conformance
with one or more standards or specifications of Chapter 206 and/or
Chapter 213 of this title, which has been approved by the agency head.
(10) Exemption--A justified, documented non-confor-
mance with one or more standards or specifications of Chapter 206
and/or Chapter 213 of this title, which has been approved by the
Department and which is applicable statewide.
(11) High-value data set--Information that can be used to
increase state agency accountability and responsiveness, improve pub-
lic knowledge of the agency and its operations, further the core mis-
sion of the agency, create economic opportunity, or respond to need
and demand as identified through public consultation. The term does
not include information that is confidential or protected from disclo-
sure under state or federal law.
(12) Home page--The initial page that serves as the front
door or entry point to a state website.
(13) Internet--An electronic communications network that
connects computer networks and computer facilities around the world.
(14) Intranet--A computer network operating like the Inter-
net but having access restricted to a limited group of authorized users
such as employees of an agency or an institution of higher education.
(15) Key public entry point--A web page on a state website
that is frequently accessed directly by members of the public, which a
state agency or institution of higher education has specifically designed
to enable direct access to official agency or institution of higher educa-
tion information.
(16) Open standard format--Stable, published formats for
data that are nonproprietary, free from licensing restrictions, indepen-
dent of any individual vendor, and free to use, reuse, and redistribute.
(17) [{16)] Personal identifying information--Information
that could serve to identify an individual as defined by 521.002, Texas
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