September 7, 2026
What This White Paper Covers How the ADA Title II requirements affect public-sector technology procurement and vendor accountability Accessibility procurement practices used by selected states, including contract clauses, validation requirements, and remediation obligations Risk measures and performance indicators for evaluating vendor documentation, product accessibility, and governance maturity How the Accessibility Conformance Report Evaluator and Risk Assessment capabilities support review, prioritization, […]
September 2, 2026
What This White Paper Covers How to integrate accessibility and records management into a single document review workflow. A four-step process for inventory, archival triage, authorization, and accessible remediation. Practical questions that help determine whether documents should be remediated, replaced, archived, or withdrawn. Performance measures that help agencies improve governance, reduce remediation costs, and prioritize active public content.
August 24, 2026
What This White Paper Covers: Why large websites benefit from representative readability sampling How pages are grouped into new, recently modified, established, legacy, and unknown-metadata strata How iAccessible uses random selection, statistical weighting, and confidence targets How recurring scans support trend monitoring, auditing, prioritization, and remediation
July 27, 2026
Accessibility requirements tell organizations what applies to an ICT product. Risk scoring helps determine what those requirements mean for procurement, oversight, and long-term accessibility governance. This white paper explains the ACR Evaluator’s two-score risk model for accessibility procurement decisions: Accessibility Risk Score (ARS), which measures product-level risk based on accessibility conformance shortfalls. Governance Risk Score (GRS), which measures the strength […]
July 17, 2026
This new award establishes Optimal as one of the County’s qualified accessibility remediation vendors available to support departments on an as-needed basis. Boulder County established the BPA to support its commitment to providing accessible digital content in accordance with Colorado House Bill 21-1110, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, PDF/UA, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. […]
June 12, 2026
Modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions frequently span multiple domains, software, web applications, mobile applications, telecommunications, multimedia, electronic documents, hardware devices, and support services. Determining which accessibility requirements apply to these increasingly complex solutions is critical to producing accurate, consistent, and defensible accessibility assessments.
May 26, 2026
The Washington State Department of Enterprise Services has awarded a new contract for document accessibility remediation under Contract (No. 02024). This cooperative agreement will have a five-year period of performance, is valued at $5.5 million, and is available to all eligible1 State of Washington public-sector organizations. The work will focus on transforming documents into formats that align with accessibility standards, […]
September 27, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) launched a new interactive corporate website on September 24 that features Web 2.0 components such as Twitter, Facebook, and RSS Feeds. During the second phase of the launch, users will be introduced to virtual conferencing and live-streaming of Optimal presentations.
September 22, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) is a proud co-sponsor and active participant in the First Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE). The conference is hosted by the Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Health Information and Decision Systems at the University of Maryland.
September 8, 2010
At the upcoming 50th National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) Annual Workshop, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) Research Analyst II, Lindsey Cramer, will present on Optimal’s growing efforts to promote the data efficacy focus within two of Optimal’s fatherhood programs in Maryland: Strong Father/Strong Families and Winning Fathers Demonstration Project.
August 18, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) has been contracted to work with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on the “Innovative Economies” Regional Cluster Initiative (RCI) support services project.
August 18, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) welcomed Dr. Ernst Nilsson as part of its Brown Bag Series. Dr. Nilsson’s presentation, entitled “Benefits Realization from Large Investments in IT” addressed the following key points:
August 12, 2010
On August 11, 2010, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) welcomed Dr. Calvin Johnson to present as part of its “Brown Bag Series.” Dr. Johnson’s presentation, entitled “Partnering to Enhance Offender Accountability,” covered:
July 22, 2010
On July 21, 2010, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) welcomed Dr. David Engel to participate in its Brown Bag Series. Dr. Engel, conducting his third such event with Optimal, discussed the writing and preparation elements necessary to create thorough and well-written expository documents. Dr. Engel stressed writing required a clear, unambiguous, efficient transfer of meaning, while emphasizing the paragraph as the thought […]
July 1, 2010
Optimal will welcome Calvin Johnson, Ph.D., to speak in its Brown Bag Series Wednesday, August 11, 2010. His presentation “Serving Ex-Offenders and Business Intelligence” will focus on the use of business analytics in the government.
June 30, 2010
In recent years, Optimal Solutions Group (Optimal) has taken on critical projects at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Leveraging its innovative approaches, Optimal has a policy perspective that understands its clients’ goals and objectives while applying information technology solutions.
June 30, 2010
Current trends show an increasing importance and need for comprehensive social media research. According to the World Bank, 75% of Americans are currently using the Internet. When combined with the 64% of Americans, identified by Harris Interactive as using social media, the importance of using conducting social media research and environmental scanning is apparent.
June 30, 2010
The National Center for Educational Evaluation (NCEE) and Regional Assistance recently released “The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts” final report which was funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). In collaboration with Mathematica, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) conducted the first large-scale randomized trial on the effectiveness of charter schools in multiple states and economics settings. Previous studies on […]
June 25, 2010
The Maryland Department of Human Resources contracted Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Winning Fathers Demonstration Project (WFDP). The program seeks to enable participating couples to develop healthy marital relationships in their homes and communities, improve the participating couples’ abilities to resolve conflict, advance the overall well-being of the children in the household, and improve […]
June 18, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal), hosted its fourth annual NSF funded aspiring economist event. Students heard presentations from several key staff members highlighting the type of work an economist might undertake within Optimal’s four research centers: health, education, workforce development, and housing. The goal of these presentations was to explore the question of “Why Be an Economist?” in an age […]
June 17, 2010
Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) recently hosted prominent government, educational, and business leaders to talk about employment options for low-skilled workers in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. For over two hours, Optimal researchers and Roundtable attendees shared information and stories in an effort to relay crucial information promoting workforce and economic development in the greater Baltimore area. The topics provided […]
June 4, 2010
Dr. Mark D. Turner (Ph.D. ’96) and his wife, Tracye have established an endowed scholarship to support undergraduate economics students at the University of Maryland who have demonstrated service and leadership. Deserving students of this scholarship will be selected based on their commitment to improve society as a whole through the improvement of minority communities. The Turners’ dedication to the […]
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