ACCESS FEATURES

Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigation
Several shortcut keys have been defined to enable quick navigation of this site. To use these shortcut keys hold down the ALT key (PC) or CONTROL key (Macintosh) and then one of the keys in the list below. In certain browsers, you may have to press enter to confirm your choice.

The following shortcuts are available:

1 – Home page
2 – Skip to the body (content) portion of the page
3 – Skip to the beginning of the navigation bar
4 – Search box
8 – Site map
0 – Accessibility statement

Skip Links
Each page of this site begins with a link that enables you to skip past the navigation links directly to the content of the page. The link is not visible because it is a one pixel by one pixel transparent image.

Standards
This site complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Conformance A and Section 508 Standards. Layout is accomplished mainly with CSS but the site is also designed to display well if CSS is not supported. Form controls are properly grouped and labelled. Navigation links are grouped, with "invisible" links to skip to the content provided. Important navigation links have shortcut keys to enable quick access.

Keyboard Accessibility
This site can be navigated solely with the keyboard.

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY

We take our responsibility for making accessible Web content and software seriously. NIC is committed to current accessibility standards, including those defined by Section 508 website of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We are actively engaged in the ongoing process of testing our website for compliance with current accessibility standards.

As the Web has become widespread, people with disabilities face being locked out of many opportunities for communication, commerce, and community if websites are not accessible to them. NIC believes accessibility is the right of all individuals, and embraces standards set forth in the W3C's WCAG guidelines.