CivicActions' contract with the GSA has allowed us to build a open Accessibility Conformance Report that is machine-readable Open Product Accessibility Template (OPAT).

August 13, 2021

CivicActions wins contract to produce a machine-readable Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® (VPAT®)

CivicActions is building the foundation for a new way to approach Accessibility Compliance Reporting with our work with the GSA.

August 11, 2021

What we learned about accessibility by scanning more than 2 million federal .gov web pages

CivicActions scanned over 2 million federal .gov pages for accessibility barriers and this is what we found.

July 30, 2021

HEART: Ensuring government digital services accessibility

Holistic Enterprise Accessibility Review Technique is a proactive, interactive process to ensure government digital services are accessible to everyone.

June 1, 2021

Plain language page added to CivicActions Accessibility Guide

This includes quick tips, tools and community information.

May 28, 2021

Social media page added to CivicActions Accessibility Guide

This includes tips for text, hashtags, images, video, emoji and related resources.

May 27, 2021

How we scale inclusive website content with automated testing and open source tools

Using GitHub and open source technology -- general and text-specific -- we created a continuous text feedback mechanism to help ensure our content mirrors our values.

May 25, 2021

Open analytics on the CivicActions Accessibility website

Adding public website analytics to CivicActions Accessibility.

May 24, 2021

Pre-GAAD event: Authoring tools with built-in accessibility

May 20, 2021

Launching a community of practice for accessibility in government services

May 20, 2021

Q&A with Mike Gifford: Accessibility in civic tech

May 6, 2021

Smashing Magazine: 'How To Bake Layers Of Accessibility Testing Into Your Process'

April 27, 2021

CivicActions Accessibility Guide now available

The first iteration of the CivicActions Accessibility Guide is now available for public use.

April 15, 2021

CivicActions Accessibility Playbook now available

The first iteration of the CivicActions Accessibility Playbook is now available for public use.

April 14, 2021

Mike Gifford interviewed on the AT Banter Podcast

An entertaining discussion with the Banter crew and Mike Gifford.

March 30, 2021

Government Accessibility and the CMS Problem

March 12, 2021

Automated accessibility testing: Leveraging GitHub Actions and pa11y-ci with axe

Using GitHub and open source technology -- general and accessibility-specific -- we created a continuous accessibility integration environment that helps us better practice what we preach.

March 12, 2021

Government Technology: How Will Biden Transform Government Website Accessibility

Government Technology published a guest editorial we wrote on the new Whitehouse.gov accessibility page.

February 18, 2021

Improving government accessibility through open source

How agencies can adopt an open source strategy to make their services more usable by people of all abilities.

February 8, 2021

GCN: The need for accessibility compliance as code

GCN published a guest editorial we wrote that was inspired by a conversation we had on a recent CivicActions Accessibility practice area call.

February 8, 2021

WhiteHouse.gov: Beginning an accessibility journey

February 5, 2021

Hello world

Welcome to CivicActions Accessibility.

January 14, 2021

4 ways to improve government accessibility through open source

October 5, 2020