From e2e10924727df65236d03c2f93c9f401085ca559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toni Bonitto Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:52:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] =?UTF-8?q?Create=20Blog=20Post=20=E2=80=9C2024/07/202?= =?UTF-8?q?4-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-l?= =?UTF-8?q?ot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...hole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md diff --git a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4cc659bbbb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +source: "" +date: 2024-07-08 +title: Evaluating your agency accessibility just got a whole lot easier with GSA + OpenACR Editor +summary: To help agencies evaluate the accessibility of their digital products, + GSA is making it easier to create Accessibility Conformance Reports through + its new OpenACR Editor. +# See all topics at https://digital.gov/topics +topics: + - accessibility + - product-and-project-management + - artificial-intelligence + - best-practices + - budgeting-and-performance +# See all authors at https://digital.gov/authors +authors: + - aaron-snow + - abby-covert +slug: evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor +primary_image: 10x-funded-cover +# Controls how this page appears across the site +# 0 -- hidden +# 1 -- visible +weight: 1 +--- +Do you want to make it easier to meet the accessibility needs of everyone your agency interacts with and serves online? + +The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) created a new tool, [OpenACR Editor](https://acreditor.section508.gov/), to guide you through completing the [Accessibility Conformance Reports](https://www.section508.gov/sell/acr/) (ACRs) that evaluate the accessibility of your digital products. This editing tool is part of GSA’s OpenACR initiative to modernize and standardize conformance reports to improve their use and effectiveness in evaluating products and services. The reports are used to measure how well a digital product or service meets the accessibility standards required by [Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended](https://www.access-board.gov/about/law/ra.html). The goal is to make sure people with disabilities can access government websites and services. + +OpenACR Editor is designed to help accessibility subject matter experts create and share machine-readable OpenACR documents. The editor takes evaluators through the different categories of the [OpenACR format](https://github.com/gsa/openacr) that assesses all aspects of accessibility. It is built with JavaScript and allows you to either build an OpenACR file from scratch, or import one that has already been written. Then you can save the resulting OpenACR in multiple common file formats. With the YAML format, you can save it to your computer and re-upload it to the ACR editor to make additional changes later. Either way, the resulting document must validate against the schema and will be machine-readable. + +“The OpenACR Editor tool is a free online platform that walks you step-by-step through the requirements for a validated ACR,” GSA's Office of Technology Policy, Senior Data Scientist Brianna Gomez McGowan said. “The tool structure is based on the widely-known [Voluntary Product Accessibility Template](https://www.section508.gov/sell/how-to-create-acr-with-vpat/), or VPAT®, so it should look familiar to folks who have completed an Accessibility Conformance Report before.” + +The new editing tool builds on this established standard allows OpenACR to align with the Web Accessibility Initiative — part of the [World Wide Web Consortium](https://www.w3.org/) — and enables the OpenACR Editor to be expanded in the future. The eventual goal is to store the Accessibility Conformance Reports in an open source code repository so you can see the history of each report, note where accessibility has improved, and track changes over time. GSA also plans to have an OpenACR repository where agencies can store their reports so that everyone can share and access this important information easily. This will also help us ensure that identified barriers to accessibility are addressed and not forgotten. + +“Considering the nature of this project, the development team of the OpenACR Editor tool have worked hard to make the tool itself as accessible as possible,” said Andrew Nielsen, director of GSA’s Government-wide IT Accessibility Program. + +{{< note >}} +GSA’s OpenACR team encourages you to try using the tool and tell them what you think via an email to [openacr@gsa.gov](mailto:openacr@gsa.gov) or the [OpenACR GitHub repository](https://github.com/gsa/openacr). This tool is a work in progress; therefore, we appreciate your feedback. + +To access the OpenACR Editor and other helpful Section 508 tools, go to [Section508.gov/tools](https://www.section508.gov/tools/). +{{< /note >}} + +- - - + +**Disclaimer**: All references to specific brands, products, and companies are used only for illustrative purposes and do not imply endorsement by the U.S. federal government or any federal government agency. From 2718132c1830422391b39250c04de5c01b7106b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toni Bonitto Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:57:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update 2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md authors, topics --- ...hole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md | 20 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md index 4cc659bbbb..11f81f5c41 100644 --- a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md +++ b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md @@ -1,29 +1,27 @@ --- -source: "" date: 2024-07-08 -title: Evaluating your agency accessibility just got a whole lot easier with GSA - OpenACR Editor -summary: To help agencies evaluate the accessibility of their digital products, - GSA is making it easier to create Accessibility Conformance Reports through - its new OpenACR Editor. +title: Evaluating your agency accessibility just got a whole lot easier with GSA OpenACR Editor +summary: To help agencies evaluate the accessibility of their digital products, GSA is making it easier to create Accessibility Conformance Reports through its new OpenACR Editor. # See all topics at https://digital.gov/topics topics: - accessibility - product-and-project-management - - artificial-intelligence - - best-practices - - budgeting-and-performance + - user-experience + - acquisition + - diversity-equity-and-inclusion # See all authors at https://digital.gov/authors authors: - - aaron-snow - - abby-covert + - brianna-gomez-mcgowan + - margot-johnson slug: evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor primary_image: 10x-funded-cover # Controls how this page appears across the site # 0 -- hidden # 1 -- visible weight: 1 + --- + Do you want to make it easier to meet the accessibility needs of everyone your agency interacts with and serves online? The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) created a new tool, [OpenACR Editor](https://acreditor.section508.gov/), to guide you through completing the [Accessibility Conformance Reports](https://www.section508.gov/sell/acr/) (ACRs) that evaluate the accessibility of your digital products. This editing tool is part of GSA’s OpenACR initiative to modernize and standardize conformance reports to improve their use and effectiveness in evaluating products and services. The reports are used to measure how well a digital product or service meets the accessibility standards required by [Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended](https://www.access-board.gov/about/law/ra.html). The goal is to make sure people with disabilities can access government websites and services. From 8e1e5c925640288f28d4b4135944116f48ed6f77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toni Bonitto Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:59:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update 2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md primary img, title & summary quote marks --- ...ust-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md index 11f81f5c41..842f8c78a0 100644 --- a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md +++ b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: 2024-07-08 -title: Evaluating your agency accessibility just got a whole lot easier with GSA OpenACR Editor -summary: To help agencies evaluate the accessibility of their digital products, GSA is making it easier to create Accessibility Conformance Reports through its new OpenACR Editor. +title: "Evaluating your agency's accessibility just got a whole lot easier with GSA's OpenACR Editor" +summary: "To help agencies evaluate the accessibility of their digital products, GSA is making it easier to create Accessibility Conformance Reports through its new OpenACR Editor." # See all topics at https://digital.gov/topics topics: - accessibility @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ topics: authors: - brianna-gomez-mcgowan - margot-johnson + slug: evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor -primary_image: 10x-funded-cover + +primary_image: "gsa-accessibility-conformance-report-acr-editor-logo" + # Controls how this page appears across the site # 0 -- hidden # 1 -- visible From 71de1799b0592a0dd8a013f2ee17d667b7bb67b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Toni Bonitto Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 10:05:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update 2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md add img --- ...ility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md index 842f8c78a0..01df9ecb54 100644 --- a/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md +++ b/content/news/2024/07/2024-07-08-evaluating-your-agency-accessibility-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-with-gsa-openacr-editor.md @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Do you want to make it easier to meet the accessibility needs of everyone your a The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) created a new tool, [OpenACR Editor](https://acreditor.section508.gov/), to guide you through completing the [Accessibility Conformance Reports](https://www.section508.gov/sell/acr/) (ACRs) that evaluate the accessibility of your digital products. This editing tool is part of GSA’s OpenACR initiative to modernize and standardize conformance reports to improve their use and effectiveness in evaluating products and services. The reports are used to measure how well a digital product or service meets the accessibility standards required by [Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended](https://www.access-board.gov/about/law/ra.html). The goal is to make sure people with disabilities can access government websites and services. +{{< img src="gsa-accessibility-conformance-report-acr-editor-logo" >}} + OpenACR Editor is designed to help accessibility subject matter experts create and share machine-readable OpenACR documents. The editor takes evaluators through the different categories of the [OpenACR format](https://github.com/gsa/openacr) that assesses all aspects of accessibility. It is built with JavaScript and allows you to either build an OpenACR file from scratch, or import one that has already been written. Then you can save the resulting OpenACR in multiple common file formats. With the YAML format, you can save it to your computer and re-upload it to the ACR editor to make additional changes later. Either way, the resulting document must validate against the schema and will be machine-readable. “The OpenACR Editor tool is a free online platform that walks you step-by-step through the requirements for a validated ACR,” GSA's Office of Technology Policy, Senior Data Scientist Brianna Gomez McGowan said. “The tool structure is based on the widely-known [Voluntary Product Accessibility Template](https://www.section508.gov/sell/how-to-create-acr-with-vpat/), or VPAT®, so it should look familiar to folks who have completed an Accessibility Conformance Report before.”