DOJ ADA Title II Final Rule · WCAG 2.1 AA
The Department of Justice has finalized the rule: every state and local government website in the United States must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by April 24, 2027. Approximately 90,000 government entities are affected. Most have no internal accessibility expertise. Parallax closes that gap — with a 200-page expert audit, a complete remediation roadmap, and every document you need to demonstrate compliance.
Fixed fee · No retainer · 30-day delivery · andrew@morton-digital.com
The business case
Government IT directors face a straightforward calculation. An expert audit today costs a fixed, budgetable $9,500. The cost of an ADA enforcement action — in legal fees, settlement, consent decree obligations, and remediation under court supervision — is orders of magnitude higher.
$250k+
Typical ADA lawsuit cost to a government entity
ADA Title II enforcement actions have resulted in consent decrees requiring government entities to fund years of supervised remediation, public reporting, designated ADA coordinators, and plaintiff attorney fees — all while the remediation work still has to happen.
DOJ enforcement history · National Disability Rights Network (2023)
$9,500
Fixed fee — no surprises, no retainer
One payment. A complete 200-page audit, a prioritized remediation roadmap your in-house team can execute, a DOJ-compliant accessibility statement, and a VPAT your procurement team can use. Everything you need to document that you took the rule seriously — before enforcement begins.
Fixed fee · no retainer · 30-day delivery
VPAT
Required for federal procurement compliance
A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is required for federal procurement and increasingly for state purchasing agreements. Parallax produces a current, defensible VPAT as part of every engagement — protecting your procurement relationships in addition to your ADA compliance posture.
GSA IT Accessibility Program · Section 508
What you receive
No scope creep. No surprises. Every Parallax engagement produces the same six deliverables — the complete documentation package for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance under the DOJ Title II Final Rule.
Deliverable 01
A detailed, page-by-page findings report documenting every accessibility barrier on your website against the full WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criterion. Each finding includes the specific criterion violated, the affected URL, a description of the failure, severity classification, and reproduction steps.
Deliverable 02
A developer-ready remediation roadmap that groups findings by severity (Critical, Major, Minor), assigns estimated effort, and sequences work so your team can make maximum compliance progress before April 2027. Includes code examples and pattern guidance for each issue type.
Deliverable 03
A legally structured, publish-ready accessibility statement that satisfies the DOJ Title II Final Rule's documentation requirements. Includes your agency's ADA coordinator contact, formal feedback mechanism, known limitations with timelines, and alternative-format request procedures.
Deliverable 04
A completed VPAT 2.5 (WCAG 2.1 Edition) documenting your website's conformance level against each applicable success criterion. Required for federal procurement, state purchasing agreements, and increasingly by constituent advocacy groups. Defensible, current, and signed.
Deliverable 05
Every engagement is scoped and delivered within 30 calendar days of kickoff. You receive an interim findings report at Day 15 so your team can begin remediation work before the final report is delivered. Fixed timeline. No extension requests.
Deliverable 06
$9,500. One invoice. No hourly billing, no scope creep, no "additional findings" charges. The fee covers your entire website up to 50 unique page templates. Government websites with more than 50 distinct templates receive a custom quote before engagement begins.
How it works
From order to final report in 30 days. No lengthy procurement cycles, no kickoff workshops, no status theater. We audit, you remediate, you comply.
Complete checkout via Stripe. Within one business day, you receive a kickoff form requesting your website URL, sitemap, and CMS details. No contracts to negotiate. No purchase order required for orders under $10,000 — a single credit card transaction satisfies most government micro-purchase thresholds.
Days 1–2
Our accessibility specialists conduct a full manual and automated audit of your website against all 50 WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criteria. At Day 15, you receive an interim findings report so your development team can begin remediation immediately — maximizing your runway before April 2027.
Days 3–28
By Day 30, you receive all six deliverables: the 200-page findings report, prioritized remediation roadmap, DOJ-compliant accessibility statement, VPAT, and our written sign-off. Your procurement and legal teams have the documentation they need. Your IT team has the roadmap to execute.
Day 30
Ready to get compliant
The DOJ Title II Final Rule is not optional, and April 24, 2027 is not a suggestion. At $9,500 for a complete, expert audit with every document your agency needs to demonstrate good-faith compliance, Parallax is the most defensible investment your IT department will make this year.
Questions before ordering? Email andrew@morton-digital.com — we respond to government inquiries within one business day.
Expert Audit
Parallax
$9,500
Fixed fee · Single invoice · No retainer
30-day delivery guaranteed · andrew@morton-digital.com
Frequently asked questions
WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, published by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Version 2.1, Level AA is the international technical standard for web accessibility. It covers four principles — Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust — broken into 50 specific success criteria addressing things like text alternatives for images, keyboard navigation, color contrast, form labels, and error identification.
It applies to your agency because the DOJ issued a Final Rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act in April 2024, adopting WCAG 2.1 AA as the legal standard for all state and local government websites and mobile applications. Compliance is mandatory by April 24, 2027 (with a two-year delay for smaller jurisdictions under 50,000 population).
The DOJ may open an enforcement investigation triggered by a complaint from any constituent. If found non-compliant, your agency could face a consent decree requiring years of supervised remediation, the appointment of an ADA coordinator, mandatory public progress reporting, and payment of plaintiff attorney fees. Separately, private ADA lawsuits are increasingly common against government websites — and unlike DOJ investigations, private suits move on the plaintiff's timeline.
The rule also requires agencies to post an accessibility statement. Absence of that statement alone can serve as evidence of non-compliance in a complaint.
Six deliverables: a 200-page WCAG 2.1 AA findings report covering all 50 success criteria; a prioritized remediation roadmap with developer-level code guidance; a DOJ-compliant accessibility statement ready to publish; a completed VPAT 2.5 (WCAG 2.1 Edition); an interim findings report at Day 15; and final delivery by Day 30. The audit covers your entire website up to 50 unique page templates using a combination of automated scanning (axe-core, IBM Equal Access Checker), manual keyboard-navigation testing, and screen reader testing with NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver.
You can review a full sample audit report before ordering.
Thirty calendar days from kickoff to final report delivery — guaranteed. You need to provide your website URL, a sitemap (or list of representative page types), and your CMS platform. No credentials or server access required. At Day 15, you receive an interim findings report so your development team can begin remediation two weeks before the final report arrives.
Most government IT teams find that having the interim report lets them knock out 40–60% of Critical and Major issues before final delivery, which significantly reduces the remediation runway they need post-report.
The $9,500 fixed fee covers up to 50 unique page templates. For most municipal, county, or state agency websites, 50 templates cover the vast majority of content — homepage, department landing pages, forms, news/press, contact, document libraries, event calendars, and similar recurring patterns. If your website has more than 50 distinct templates, contact us at andrew@morton-digital.com for a custom quote before ordering.
Payment is via Stripe (credit card or ACH bank transfer). At $9,500, the engagement falls under the federal micro-purchase threshold of $10,000, meaning most government agencies can complete the purchase with a government credit card or purchase order without a formal RFP or competitive bid process — though you should confirm your jurisdiction's specific micro-purchase policy. If your agency requires a W-9 or sole-source justification letter, email andrew@morton-digital.com and we'll provide both within one business day.