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DHS Section 508 Compliance Test Processes

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Accessible Systems & Technology (OAST) has a mission to provide strategic direction, technical support, and training to ensure agency employees and customers with disabilities have equal access to information and data.

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d), requires all federal departments and agencies to ensure that their electronic information & technology (EIT) is accessible to people with disabilities.

Attachment Ext. Size Date
Harmonized Testing Process for Section 508 Compliance: Baseline Tests for Software and Web Accessibility (ver 1.1 | Feb 2016) PDF 662.41 KB 02/03/2016
Harmonized Testing Process for Section 508 Compliance: Baseline Tests for Software and Web Accessibility (ver 2.0.2 | Mar 2017) PDF 1.57 MB 06/14/2017
DHS Section 508 Compliance Test Process for Applications (ver. 3.4.1 | PDF | May 2015) PDF 1.13 MB
DHS Section 508 Compliance Test Process for Applications version 4.x (Version 4 | April 2017) PDF 797.6 KB 06/09/2017
Trusted Tester Process Update Guide (Version 4.0 | May 2017) PDF 447.88 KB 06/21/2017
OAST SOP for ICT Review - Old/New Report Spreadsheet Conversion (Version 1.0 | August 2017) PDF 198.68 KB 08/16/2017
Test Spreadsheet (Version 4.0 | August 2017) XLSM 183.27 KB
DHS Section 508 Compliance Test Process for iOS Mobile Applications (Version 1.0 | April 2017) PDF 1.17 MB 09/15/2017
Resources to learn how to use built-in iOS AT (Version 1.0 | April 2017) PDF 115.7 KB 04/05/2017
How to Report Using the HTML Mobile Testing Spreadsheet (Version 1.0 | April 2017) PDF 88 KB 09/14/2017
Application Results Sheet ACMS iOS (Version 1.0 | April 2017) XLSM 159.36 KB
Application Results Sheet HTML iOS (Version 1.0 | April 2017) XLSM 219.26 KB
DHS Section 508 Compliance Test Process for Android Mobile Applications (Version 1.0 | September 2017) PDF 1.24 MB 09/29/2017
Application Results Sheet HTML Android (Version 1.0 | April 2017) XLSM 222.86 KB
Application Results Sheet ACMS Android (Version 1.0 | April 2017) XLSM 163.48 KB
Resources to learn how to use Android built-in AT (December 2017) PDF 541.53 KB 11/03/2017
TalkBack Gestures and Keystrokes (December 2017) PDF 484.03 KB 11/03/2017
Trusted Tester Conformance Test Process - Version 5 - updated Aug 16 2019 PDF 1.55 MB 08/09/2019
DHS Trusted Tester Automated Section 508 Testing Tools - updated June 11 2020 PDF 153.22 KB 06/11/2020
DHS Trusted Tester Version 4 Printable Checklist for Software Testing - updated June 11 2020 PDF 329.58 KB 06/11/2020
Last Updated: 01/27/2022
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