Section 508 Tools

• Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)

  

  ART will ask you a few simple questions about what IT products and services you are buying or building. No knowledge of Section 508 or accessibility is required.

  Learn about the ART API and how to integrate ART data into your application.

• Solicitation Review Tool (SRT)

  

  The SRT was created to help agencies evaluate and improve the overall solicitation compliance with respect to accessibility.

• OpenACR Editor

  

  The OpenACR Editor helps evaluators build an Accessibility Conformance Report in the OpenACR format. It is designed to help accessibility subject matter experts create and share machine-readable OpenACR documents.

• OpenACR Repository

  

  ACR Repository indexes accessibility conformance reports (ACR) for buyers to easily find an ACR for a product provided by the sellers.

Additional Tools & Resources

• Find Your Section 508 Program Manager

  

  Agency Section 508 Program Managers (PMs) are your first point of contact for questions about Section 508 and digital accessibility.

• ICT Accessibility Playbooks

  

  Guidance to help federal agencies improve management and delivery of accessible information and communication technology (ICT).

  • Technology Accessibility Playbook
  • Executive Guide to IT Accessibility

• IT Accessibility Policy Framework

  

  Guidance and tools to assess agency policies, and how to update them to include ICT accessibility.

  • How to Use the Framework
  • Resources and References

• Tools for Testing

  

  Find out more about testing tools, software, and guidance for running tests.

• Glossary of Section 508 Terms

  

  Terms and definitions commonly used throughout our website, training, communications, and reports.

• Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations

  

  Acronyms and abbreviations commonly used throughout our website, training, communications, and reports.