Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Health & Homeland Alert Network System

Web Accessibility Statement

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is committed to achieving meaningful accessibility to this online environment for all users, including users with disabilities. We follow specific Commonwealth enterprise standards designed to meet the needs of our citizens with disabilities. The Commonwealth enterprise standards are generally based on standards used by the Federal government for technology accessibility for people with disabilities, and web content accessibility guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For more information about the Federal standards, please visit the Section 508 web site or the Federal Access Board web site. For more information about the W3C guidelines, please visit their web site at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Health & Homeland Alert Network System web site is regularly tested using leading web accessibility technologies and reviewed by users to verify that this web site is compliant with applicable standards.

If any file format prevents you from accessing the information, please contact us for assistance. In order to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please note the nature of your accessibility concern, the format in which you prefer to receive the material, the web page address of the requested material, and the best way to contact you.

We also welcome your questions about this accessibility statement and comments on how to improve the site's accessibility.

Please contact the HHAN Administrator at Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, 617-624-5045, or by email at alert.network@state.ma.us.