Content Creation - Government-wide Section 508 Assessment Criteria

Indicate whether your agency provides guidance, templates, and tools to agency employees to ensure accessible electronic content creation. (*Required)

Select one:

1. Agency does not offer guides, templates or tools
2. Agency provides a few guides, templates, and tools by request only
3. Agency provides or links to some guides, templates and tools for several types of electronic content on agency intranet/internet
4. Agency provides or links to guides, templates and tools for many types of electronic content on agency intranet/internet
5. Agency provides or links to guides, templates and tools for most types of electronic content on agency intranet/internet and uses employee feedback to regularly update and improve agency resources for accessible content creation

Indicate how non-conformant digital content is tracked and remediated. (*Required)

Select one:

1. Agency does not track non-conformant digital content
2. Agency tracks non-conformant digital content but only sometimes takes action to remediate the content, and generally on an ad hoc basis
3. Agency tracks non-conformant digital content and regularly creates and then takes action on a plan to remediate the content
4. Agency tracks non-conformant content and frequently creates and then takes action on a plan to remediate the content
5. Agency always or almost always creates conformant content that does not require remediation, otherwise agency always or almost always takes action on a plan to remediate the non-conformant content when identified

Indicate how your agency integrates accessibility reviews of electronic content prior to publication. (*Required)

Select one:

1. Agency never includes accessibility reviews prior to electronic content publication
2. Accessibility review is not formally integrated into the publication process, and agency sometimes includes accessibility reviews prior to electronic content publication, but is generally ad hoc
3. Accessibility review is formally integrated onto the publication process, and agency regularly includes accessibility reviews prior to electronic content publication
4. Accessibility review is formally integrated into the publication process, frequently includes accessibility reviews prior to electronic content publication, and resulting in published content with little to no accessibility defects
5. Accessibility review is formally and fully integrated into the publication process, almost always includes accessibility reviews prior to electronic content publication, and includes feedback loops for continuous improvements/process refinement
6. Unknown