B08_ATCH_2_508.pdf

This document is an ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement that outlines technical criteria and standards for electronic software to comply with the Revised Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

The document establishes accessibility requirements across three primary categories: Electronic Software, which must conform to E207 and Chapter 5 requirements with user interface components complying to WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria; Electronic Content, which must comply with E205 standards and conform to E205.4 accessibility requirements for agency official communications including emergency notifications, administrative decisions, program announcements, benefits notices, acknowledgements, surveys, forms, training materials, and web-based intranet content; and Software, which must interoperate with assistive technology and conform to Section 502 requirements. For software specifically, key technical criteria include programmatic determinability of object information (role, states, properties, boundaries, names, descriptions), data table row and column identification, modification of object states and values, label and hierarchical relationships, text content and boundaries, focus cursor tracking, and event notification for state and value changes. Additionally, software must permit user preferences for color, contrast, font type, font size, and focus cursor settings as specified in Section 503. The document instructs that these accessibility requirements should be incorporated into solicitation documents such as Statements of Objectives, Statements of Work, and Performance Work Statements, with further guidance available through the Revised 508 Standards Toolkit.