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critical Insufficient color contrast: 1.00:1 (required: 4.5:1 for normal text). Foreground: rgb(26, 71, 89), background: rgb(26, 71, 89). State: hover. Text: "I want to..." WCAG 1.4.3
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high Image has no accessible name in the accessibility tree. Screen readers will skip or announce it generically. WCAG 1.1.1
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high Image has no accessible name in the accessibility tree. Screen readers will skip or announce it generically. WCAG 1.1.1
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high Console error: ReferenceError: pagespeed is not defined at HTMLImageElement.onload (https://www.providenceri.gov/:635:1618)
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Source: https://www.providenceri.gov/:634medium
high Focus jumps backward from "Show Accessibility options toolbar" to "close accessibility options toolbar" (visual distance: 422px). No explicit tabIndex — likely a DOM order issue. WCAG 2.4.3
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<div>close accessibility options toolbar</div>
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip1" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('menu');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2menu');" title="skip to menu" aria-label="skip to menu">Skip To Menu</div>
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip2" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('content');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2content');" title="skip to content area" aria-label="skip to content area">Skip To...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip3" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" style="min-width:25px;min-height:25px;" onclick="skipto('access');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2access');" title="skip to accessibility opt...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip4" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('lang');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2lang');" title="skip to language options toolbar" aria-label="skip to language option...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div class="controls" role="link" tabindex="0" zindex="9998" onclick="showpanel('show');" onfocus="showpanel('show');" id="access" title="Show Accessibility options toolbar" aria-label="Show Accessibi...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div class="controls-l" role="link" tabindex="0" zindex="9998" onclick="showlangl('show');" onfocus="showlang('show');" id="lang" title="Show Language options toolbar" aria-label="Show Language option...
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to/" title="Quick links I want to common web tasks">I Want to…</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/" title="Mayor of Providence Office">Mayor’s Office</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/departments/" title="List of City Departments">Departments</a>
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<a href="https://council.providenceri.gov/" title="Link to City Council">City Council</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://library.municode.com/ri/providence/codes/code_of_ordinances" title="City of Providence Code of Ordinances (opens in a new window)">Code of Or
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/">Job Opportunities</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/" title="Link to Inspections and Standards">Construction</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/" title="Ethics in Providence">Ethics</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/purchasing/openrfpsummary/">Purchasing – Open RFPs</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/board-of-licenses/" title="Board of Licenses for a business">Running a Business</a>
medium "Show Accessibility options toolbar" is visually at position 14 but receives focus at position 5 (drift: 9). WCAG 2.4.3
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<div>Show Accessibility options toolbar</div>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/">City Of Providence</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/board-of-licenses/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/board-of-licenses/">Running a Business</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/departments/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/departments/">Departments</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/doing-business/">DOING BUSINESS</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/">Ethics</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/event/">EVENTS</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/">Job Opportunities</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to">I want to...</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to/">I Want to…</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/">Construction</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/law-department/nondiscrimination-policy-statement/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/law-department/nondiscrimination-policy-statement/">Accessibility</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/">Mayor Brett Smiley</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/news-events/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/news-events/">NEWS</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/parks/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/parks/">Providence Parks</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/public-property/private-events/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/public-property/private-events/">City Hall Private Event</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/purchasing/openrfpsummary/">Purchasing – Open RFPs</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/pvd-311/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/pvd-311/">PVD 311</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/pvd311/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/pvd311/">PVD 311</a>
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<a href="http://pvdbusiness.com/business-portal/index.php">Starting a Business</a>
low Broken link: https://council.providenceri.gov/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://council.providenceri.gov/">City Council</a>
low Broken link: https://jobs.providenceri.gov/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://jobs.providenceri.gov/">Job Opportunities</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/PVDMayor">Twitter Icon</a>
low Link timeout: http://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/providence/input.jsp did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="http://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/providence/input.jsp">Pay my parking ticket</a>
low Link timeout: https://plan.providenceri.gov/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://plan.providenceri.gov/">Learn More about the Comp Plan</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/animal-control/adoptions/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/animal-control/adoptions/">Animal Adoption</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/city-of-providence-files-enforcement-action-for-unlawful-use-of-rental-algorithms-for-price-coordination/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/city-of-providence-files-enforcement-action-for-unlawful-use-of-rental-algorithms-for-price-coordination/">City of Providence Files Enforcement Action for Unlawful Use of Rental Algorithm</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/filings-elected-officials/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/filings-elected-officials/">Details</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/mayor-brett-smiley-providence-city-council-advance-8-8-million-federal-housing-and-community-investment-package/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayor-brett-smiley-providence-city-council-advance-8-8-million-federal-housing-and-community-investment-package/">Mayor Brett Smiley, Providence City Council Advance $8.8 Million Federal Housing</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/newsletter-spanish/ did not respond within 5000ms after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/newsletter-spanish/">Haga clic aquí para español</a>
low Link timeout: https://www.providenceri.gov/purchasing did not respond within 5000ms after 3 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/purchasing">Purchasing</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/tax-collector/online-tax-payment-system/">Pay Taxes</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/vital-records/">Marriage, Birth, Death Certificates</a>
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critical Insufficient color contrast: 1.00:1 (required: 4.5:1 for normal text). Foreground: rgb(26, 71, 89), background: rgb(26, 71, 89). State: hover. Text: "I want to..." WCAG 1.4.3
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<a class="fig-btn secondary" href="/i-want-to" title="I want to... – Get what you need quickly. You can select a category that best describes what you want to do and find what you are looking for." ar
high Image has no accessible name in the accessibility tree. Screen readers will skip or announce it generically. WCAG 1.1.1
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high Image has no accessible name in the accessibility tree. Screen readers will skip or announce it generically. WCAG 1.1.1
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high Console error: ReferenceError: pagespeed is not defined at HTMLImageElement.onload (https://www.providenceri.gov/:635:1618)
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Source: https://www.providenceri.gov/:634medium
high Focus jumps backward from "Show Accessibility options toolbar" to "close accessibility options toolbar" (visual distance: 422px). No explicit tabIndex — likely a DOM order issue. WCAG 2.4.3
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<div>close accessibility options toolbar</div>
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip1" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('menu');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2menu');" title="skip to menu" aria-label="skip to menu">Skip To Menu</div>
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip2" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('content');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2content');" title="skip to content area" aria-label="skip to content area">Skip To...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip3" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" style="min-width:25px;min-height:25px;" onclick="skipto('access');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2access');" title="skip to accessibility opt...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div id="skip4" tabindex="0" role="link" class="skipper" onclick="skipto('lang');" onkeydown="keypress(event,'skip2lang');" title="skip to language options toolbar" aria-label="skip to language option...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div class="controls" role="link" tabindex="0" zindex="9998" onclick="showpanel('show');" onfocus="showpanel('show');" id="access" title="Show Accessibility options toolbar" aria-label="Show Accessibi...
medium All page content should be contained by landmarks: Fix any of the following: Some page content is not contained by landmarks
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<div class="controls-l" role="link" tabindex="0" zindex="9998" onclick="showlangl('show');" onfocus="showlang('show');" id="lang" title="Show Language options toolbar" aria-label="Show Language option...
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to/" title="Quick links I want to common web tasks">I Want to…</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/" title="Mayor of Providence Office">Mayor’s Office</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/departments/" title="List of City Departments">Departments</a>
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<a href="https://council.providenceri.gov/" title="Link to City Council">City Council</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://library.municode.com/ri/providence/codes/code_of_ordinances" title="City of Providence Code of Ordinances (opens in a new window)">Code of Or
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/">Job Opportunities</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/" title="Link to Inspections and Standards">Construction</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/" title="Ethics in Providence">Ethics</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/purchasing/openrfpsummary/">Purchasing – Open RFPs</a>
medium Link is distinguished from surrounding text only by color (link: rgb(16, 71, 90), text: rgb(51, 51, 51)). Users who cannot perceive color differences may not identify this as a link. WCAG 1.4.1
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/board-of-licenses/" title="Board of Licenses for a business">Running a Business</a>
medium "Show Accessibility options toolbar" is visually at position 14 but receives focus at position 5 (drift: 9). WCAG 2.4.3
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<div>Show Accessibility options toolbar</div>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/">City Of Providence</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/board-of-licenses/">Running a Business</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/departments/">Departments</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/ethics/">Ethics</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/event/">EVENTS</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/hr/jobs/">Job Opportunities</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to">I want to...</a>
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/i-want-to/">I Want to…</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/inspection-standards/">Construction</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/law-department/nondiscrimination-policy-statement/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/law-department/nondiscrimination-policy-statement/">Accessibility</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayors-office/">Mayor Brett Smiley</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/news-events/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 1 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/news-events/">NEWS</a>
medium Broken link: https://www.providenceri.gov/parks/ returned status 403 Forbidden after 2 attempts
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<a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/parks/">Providence Parks</a>
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Methodology

The Sonde Score is a universal 0–1000 compliance index — think of it like a credit score for accessibility. Each finding is weighted by its impact on human access: a keyboard trap (critical) counts far more than a best-practice suggestion (low). The raw penalty is normalized per page so scores are comparable across sites of any size. A harmonic curve ensures every site gets a meaningful score — no zeros, no false perfection.

Score = round(1000 × S / (S + P/N))

where S = sensitivity (750), P = Σ(weight × count), N = pages scanned

TierWeightExamples
Critical10Keyboard traps, missing page language
High3Missing alt text, insufficient contrast
Medium1Heading hierarchy, unclear link purpose
Low0.25Best-practice suggestions

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