Section 508 Compliance Auditing
Accessibility is a legal requirement for federal digital services, and a practical one. If a veteran using a screen reader can't file the form, the system doesn't work. XOps360 audits federal websites and applications against Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA, then stays for the part most auditors skip: getting the findings actually fixed.
What you get
An audit engagement produces three things. First, a findings register: every failure mapped to the specific WCAG 2.1 success criterion and Section 508 chapter it violates, with a severity rating and the affected user population: not a wall of scanner output but a prioritized list a team can work. Second, a remediation plan sequenced by user impact and engineering cost, written so your developers can execute it without an accessibility background. Third, conformance documentation: an Accessibility Conformance Report on the current VPAT template, written honestly; a VPAT that overclaims is worse than none when it surfaces in a protest or an OCR complaint.
How we test
Automated scanning finds roughly a third of real accessibility failures. We run it, and then we do the work that finds the rest: manual keyboard-only passes, screen reader testing across NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver, focus-order and reading-order review, color and contrast verification, and task-completion walks of your actual user journeys, not just page-by-page checks. Findings come with reproduction steps and code-level fix guidance.
Remediation, not just reports
We can hand the findings to your team, pair with your developers through the fix cycle, or take remediation on directly. Re-testing after fixes is included in scope; the engagement ends when the system conforms, not when the PDF is delivered.
Contracting quick facts
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
- UEI: EUZBCJ1MXPF9 · CAGE: 1A2W3
- Hudson, Wisconsin, serving federal agencies and primes nationwide
- Available for direct award and subcontract
Frequently asked questions
- What's the difference between a VPAT and an ACR?
- The VPAT is the blank template; the ACR (Accessibility Conformance Report) is the completed document that states, criterion by criterion, how a product conforms. Agencies request "a VPAT" colloquially; what they need is a defensible ACR.
- Do you audit software and documents, or just websites?
- Web applications, public websites, and electronic documents (PDF and Office formats): the full scope of ICT that Section 508 covers for the systems in question.
- How long does an audit take?
- Scope-dependent, but a typical public-facing site audit runs two to four weeks from kickoff to delivered findings register and ACR. Remediation timelines depend on what we find.