January 15, 2025 - accessibility regulations, open data visualizations

Updates

Reminder that the official acronym for the Government of Canada is GC, not GoC (via TBS)
The next Web Executive Board meeting taking place on Thursday, January 16, 2025
The G7 and Expo2025 websites were launched on Monday.
ECCC : new version of How carbon pricing works page launch yesterday and a new page for industry.
Public Safety - Launched content today on Strengthen Border Security - Canada.ca, request for promos coming shortly.
PCO: GC newsroom will be coming soon. Many promos coming for February.
CRA: Launched single sign-in this week. One sign-in for My Account, My Business Account and Represent a Client. People who have access to more than one can also easily toggle between them now once signed in. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/e-services/cra-login-services.html

Presentation from Roberto Tesolin, ESDC Accessible Canada Directorate
Proposed changes to the Accessible Canada Regulations were published for consultation via the Canada Gazette in December
Focus is on digital accessibility including both public-facing web and internal-facing systems
Consultation is open until February 19, 2025 - Folks are encouraged to attend technical briefings - details on how to confirm your attendance are in the attached message:

See also, technical briefing materials (in PowerPoint and Rich Text format):

Presentation from Damian Laverty, TBS GC Transparency Solutions
Demo'ed new data visualization functionality for proactive disclosure info from open.canada.ca, to be launching soon
Wil makes data that is already openly available (in a big spreadsheet) more digestible and understandable through interactive data visualization features
Developed using PowerBI
Interest in a follow-up regarding approach to accessibility for these features