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Reasonable Accommodations at DHS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants. DHS provides reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities, unless DHS can demonstrate that a particular accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of its programs.

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Accessibility Training News

The Revised Section 508 Standards were released in January of 2018. All OAST training resources are being updated to support implementation of the Revised Section 508 Standards.

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Civil Rights in Emergencies and Disasters

The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) supports individual and community resilience to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other emergencies. Through guidance, planning and coordination, CRCL works to ensure that civil rights and civil liberties are integrated into disaster-related policies and procedures.

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Trusted Tester V5 Testing Tools

The following information is provided to assist agencies to get testing tools required by Trusted Tester V5 approved for use within their IT environments. This information is based on the latest status of the Federal Accessibility Community of Practice Working Group. Some tools may be updated prior to the final Trusted Tester V5 release, however we recommend initiating approval procedures for these tools now to prepare for fall release of the updated process.

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Trusted Tester V3 Training and Certification Sunset

After nearly five years of operation, the online Trusted Tester V3 training and certification is coming to an end.  As of 06/29/2018, the DHS Office of Accessible Systems and Technology (OAST) is no longer accepting training requests for Trusted Tester V3.  To prepare for the fall release of the updated Trusted Tester V5 training and certification online courses, no further enrollments will be made in the current online courses.  Students currently enrolled must complete the courses by 09/30/2018.  No retaking of courses will be allowed after that date, with no exceptions.  Trusted Tester V5 and other online training will be released in the fall.

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Updates to the DHS Trusted Tester Program

On April 12, 2018, the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer Office of Accessible Systems and Technology (OAST) announced updates to the DHS Trusted Tester Program.

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Web Accessibility Favelets

Favelets is a set of bookmarks with JavaScript test functions activated from your web browser. Another word used to call this is bookmarklets. The respective zip file includes bookmarks with favelets built-in along with descriptions of their source and use in the included README.txt.

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Web Accessibility Toolbar

Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer to aid manual inspection of accessibility related elements on web pages. Developed by the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium.

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S&T P25 CAP 508 Accessibility Requirements

This is the P25 CAP 508 Accessibility Requirements Best Practices slide deck from the November 7, 2016 Webinar.

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DHS Trusted Tester Training Guidance for Users of Assistive Technology and Service-Based Accommodations

This guide provides information on when assistive technologies (AT) can and can’t be used and when human assistance may be needed in order to successfully perform tasks built into the online Trusted Tester training course. The target audience is persons with disabilities who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, speech input, or alternative input devices, and/or human assistance to understand where AT use is appropriate and when it may conflict with testing tasks.