Re: Section 508 Auditing

Mario,

1. The Section 508 folks say they "pivoted" to WCAG 2.1 AA but did not 
switch over to it, yet I don't see any significant difference now.

2. There is no Section 508 certificate any more than a WCAG certificate 
since both are subjective self assessments.  Since federal agencies who 
are required to meet Section 508 needed an objective measure their 
Office of Accessible Systems & Technology 
<https://www.dhs.gov/office-accessible-systems-technology> established 
the Trusted Tester Program <https://www.dhs.gov/trusted-tester>, an 
intensive 6-month training program focused entirely on Section 508 
testing methodology.  Graduates scoring at least 90% on a week-long 
final become certified Trusted Testers.  An accessibility audit 
performed by certified Trusted Testers is the most likely to be accepted 
by a federal agency in the USA.

Cheers,
Peter Shikli
Access2online
A Division of Bizware Online Applications, Inc.
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Batusic, Mario wrote on 10/9/2018 11:19 PM:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1.Do I understand right the updated Section 508 from the year 2017 
> that adopts WCAG 2.0 A and AA as the measure for the accessibility of 
> websites and web apps?
>
> 2.What is the way for a company to successfully show, that its web app 
> is accessible according to Section 508?
> I think there is no Sect508 certificate available? Who should audit 
> our web app so that the evaluation results are confident and accepted 
> in USA?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Mario
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