ScanGov standards
Our government digital experience standards.
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Our standards are based on established web guidance.
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These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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These are opportunities to provide alternative content for audio and video. This may improve the experience for users with hearing or vision impairments.
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These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
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www and non-www resolution.
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Controls which sites can load content.
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These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Custom interactive controls have appropriate ARIA roles.
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Custom interactive controls have associated labels, provided by aria-label or aria-labelledby.
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Landmark elements like main and nav are used to improve the keyboard navigation of the page for assistive technology.
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Privacy and integrity protection.
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Privacy and integrity protection.
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Custom interactive controls are keyboard focusable and display a focus indicator.
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Interactive elements, such as links and buttons, should indicate their state and be distinguishable from non-interactive elements.
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These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.
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How fast the majority of a page is rendered
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Data describing website content.
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These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
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Offscreen content is hidden with display: none or aria-hidden=true.
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Lists website's important pages.
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Guarantees domain is official.
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These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Tabbing through the page follows the visual layout. Users cannot focus elements that are offscreen.
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If new content, such as a dialog, is added to the page, the user's focus is directed to it.
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Government website address configuration.
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DOM order matches the visual order, improving navigation for assistive technology.
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Directs search engine crawlers' behavior.
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File with website security contact info.
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