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Sheet 01 — Accessible Public Systems

Named scope, evidence, a first slice

Public digital work has to be usable and defensible. The work is inventorying a named set, ranking what blocks a user, and handing over evidence — not stamping a city.

  • ScopeNamed
  • Standards3
  • Steps4
  • StampNone

Title blockASG-01

Sheet
01 of 04
Discipline
Access / public digital
Output
Evidence + named slice
Runs
2 to 8 weeks
Ends in
A file you keep

Gate. Named scope only — no citywide conformance stamp, no overlay product.

The opinion behind it

A passing scanner score on a page nobody can use is not accessibility. Named scope, evidence, and a handoff beat a citywide conformance claim we cannot honestly make.

Same method as the rest of the firm: Understand → map → improve → evidence and a handoff.

The named-slice loopFig. ASG-01
The named-slice loopThe named-slice loop, left to right. A named set is inventoried, findings are ranked by who is blocked, a first slice is cut from that ranking, and the evidence file is handed over. A branch off the ranking is deliberate: what sits outside this named set is left alone rather than dressed up as a citywide stamp. There is no overlay product in this drawing.NAMED SCOPE — A LOOP, NOT A CITYWIDE STAMP01Named inventoryTHE SITE, THE PDFS, THE MAP02Who is blockedRANKED, NOT SCANNED03First sliceONE BOUNDED CUT04Evidence fileYOURS TO KEEPOutside this setLEAVE IT — NOT A CITYWIDE STAMPTHE FIRST SLICE COMES OFF THE RANKING. THE SCANNER DOES NOT CUT THE SCOPE.
  1. Named inventoryThe site, the PDFs, the map — this set, not the city.
  2. Who is blockedRanked findings. What sits outside this set is left alone.
  3. First sliceOne bounded cut off that ranking. Not an overlay.
  4. Evidence fileYours to keep. A person signs; the file says who.

The named-slice loop, left to right. A named set is inventoried, findings are ranked by who is blocked, a first slice is cut from that ranking, and the evidence file is handed over. A branch off the ranking is deliberate: what sits outside this named set is left alone rather than dressed up as a citywide stamp. There is no overlay product in this drawing.

Named outcomes4 things you keep

  • An evidence pack a procurement file can hold
  • A named first slice, not a citywide promise
  • Accessible documents or a GIS release pack, sized after inventory
  • A handoff your team can maintain

Named consultingin accessible public systems

Named startersSystems starters — scope still agreed in writingthe scope sheet

  • Evidence pack

    $5,600

    Named inventory, ranked findings, a first-slice recommendation. Not a citywide stamp.

  • Named first slice

    $9,500

    One bounded accessibility slice, handed over with evidence.

  • Accessible document batches / GIS release packs

    Scoped after inventory

    Sized after we see the library. No overlay product.

What this covers6 areas, and where each one bites

  • Evidence packInventory, ranked findings, a first-slice recommendation. The thing a procurement file can hold.
  • Named first sliceOne property, one document set, one workflow. Bounded. Handed over with evidence.
  • Accessible documentsPublic packets a screen reader can use, batched after we see the library. Not guessed from a page count on a call.
  • Public digital workflowsThe intake, the form, the posting. Mapped, improved, recorded.
  • GIS release wrapAccessibility and document wrap on a named GIS release. Production drawing, when needed, via a named teammate.
  • HandoffA file your team can keep current. You should be able to fire me without losing the evidence trail.

Named scope only. Nothing on this sheet is a citywide conformance stamp, an overlay product, or a volume factory, and none is claimed.

What holds this workstandards we know, not certifications we hold

  • Section 508The federal procurement rule that points at WCAG. Written here as named-scope delivery, never as a citywide stamp.Named digital set
  • ADA Title IIThe public-entity duty. Most first calls are one property and a deadline, not a whole city.Public agencies
  • WCAG 2.1 AAThe measurable half. Keyboard and screen reader passes find what the scanner cannot.Every named slice
  • No overlayWe do not sell a product that sits on top of your site and declares it fixed.Every engagement

Where it stopsan empty row is work this firm does not take

Named website or property
Named website or property — Inventoried: yes
Named website or property — Sliced: yes
Named website or property — Handed over: yes
Document batch
Document batch — Inventoried: yes
Document batch — Sliced: yes
Document batch — Handed over: yes
Public workflow
Public workflow — Inventoried: yes
Public workflow — Sliced: yes
Public workflow — Handed over: yes
GIS release wrap
GIS release wrap — Inventoried: yes
GIS release wrap — Sliced: yes
GIS release wrap — Handed over: yes
Citywide conformance stamp
Citywide conformance stamp — Inventoried: no
Citywide conformance stamp — Sliced: no
Citywide conformance stamp — Handed over: no
Overlay product
Overlay product — Inventoried: no
Overlay product — Sliced: no
Overlay product — Handed over: no

How those outcomes get hired

You hire a diagnosis of a named public-facing set, a first slice, and a file a procurement officer can hold — not a citywide product and not an overlay.

Capacity

One engineer, named scope. The reading and the first pass over a document set are machine work; the judgement about what blocks a user is not, and that is the part you are hiring.

A programme larger than a named slice is one I will tell you about before it starts, not halfway through, and often it is a no.

Start a conversationStraight answer, no deck. What it takes to start.

One standard, more than one practicewhy these are three sheets and not three firms

  • Section 508Section 508 — Accessible Public Systems: we write toSection 508 — Operational Systems & Quality: does not applySection 508 — Resilience & Technical Communication: we write to
  • ADA Title IIADA Title II — Accessible Public Systems: we write toADA Title II — Operational Systems & Quality: does not applyADA Title II — Resilience & Technical Communication: does not apply
  • WCAG 2.1 AAWCAG 2.1 AA — Accessible Public Systems: we write toWCAG 2.1 AA — Operational Systems & Quality: does not applyWCAG 2.1 AA — Resilience & Technical Communication: we write to
  • ISO 9001ISO 9001 — Accessible Public Systems: does not applyISO 9001 — Operational Systems & Quality: we write toISO 9001 — Resilience & Technical Communication: does not apply
  • NQA-1 / App BNQA-1 / App B — Accessible Public Systems: does not applyNQA-1 / App B — Operational Systems & Quality: we write toNQA-1 / App B — Resilience & Technical Communication: does not apply
  • CMMC Level 2CMMC Level 2 — Accessible Public Systems: does not applyCMMC Level 2 — Operational Systems & Quality: we write toCMMC Level 2 — Resilience & Technical Communication: does not apply
  • Human sign-offHuman sign-off — Accessible Public Systems: we write toHuman sign-off — Operational Systems & Quality: we write toHuman sign-off — Resilience & Technical Communication: we write to

Human sign-offThe line that crosses all three. Models may draft; a person decides and signs; the record says who. None of the others survive without it.