B08_ATCH_2_508.pdf

This document is an ICT Accessibility Requirements Statement based on the Revised Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, establishing mandatory accessibility standards for electronic software and related components procured by federal agencies.

The document specifies technical criteria for software accessibility organized into two primary categories: Electronic Software and general ICT components. For electronic software, components must conform to Section 207 and Chapter 5 of the Revised 508 Standards, with user interface elements meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and Level AA success criteria. Non-web software must apply WCAG standards with substitutions of the term "software" for "web page" and must ensure complete processes conform to WCAG 2.0 when multiple steps accomplish an activity. Electronic content must comply with Section 205 standards, with specific requirements for agency official communication including emergency notifications, administrative claim decisions, program announcements, benefit notices, acknowledgments, surveys, templates, forms, educational materials, and intranet content. All WCAG A and AA success criteria apply with limited exceptions (Bypass Blocks, Multiple Ways, Consistent Navigation, and Consistent Identification). Software requirements mandate interoperability with assistive technology, documented accessibility features, preservation of platform accessibility features, and programmable determinability of object information, text content, data table structures, values, label relationships, and hierarchical relationships. Applications must expose focus tracking and selection attributes, support user preferences for color, contrast, font type and size, and notify assistive technology of events affecting component states. The instructions direct agencies to incorporate these requirements into solicitation documents (SOO, SOW, PWS) and reference the Revised 508 Standards Toolkit for procurement guidance.