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Re: How to become a DHS "Trusted Tester"?

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jul 14, 2017 3:42PM

It started as a DHS only certification, meaning you needed to get the Cert to officially test DHS systems for namely 508 compliance, and did some WCAG 2.0. There was some activities to get it used across all of the federal government, but I am not 100% sure what the status is right now, I think there was work generalizing it - taking out the DHS specifics and update the content to WCAG 2.0.

I'll try to ask my POC on Monday.

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Ryan E. Benson

From: Angela French
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 13:38
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] How to become a DHS "Trusted Tester"?

How about people who work for state governments?

Angela French
WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Shiva Pourgholaminejad
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 10:31 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] How to become a DHS "Trusted Tester"?

Yes, you need to email OAST <EMAIL REMOVED> and inquire about the Trusted tester certification training program. The program will take about three months.


Shiva Pourgholaminejad
Graduate Research Assistant
Disability Resources Center
University of Nevada, Reno

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Robert Fentress
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 9:55 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] How to become a DHS "Trusted Tester"?

Is it possible for people not associated with Homeland Security to become certified as a "Trusted Testers" based on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Accessible Systems & Technology's (OAST) Trusted Tester Certification? I need to submit a budget request today and would like to include this in that, but I can't seem to find anyone who offers the training.

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Rob Fentress
Senior Accessibility Solutions Designer
Assistive Technologies at Virginia Tech
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