WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

How to become a DHS "Trusted Tester"?

for

From: Robert Fentress
Date: Aug 25, 2017 12:45PM

Following up, I asked the DHS Accessibility Helpdesk when the Trusted
Tester training will be updated to reflect the Section 508 refresh and got
the following response:

The training has not been updated to reflect the new TT 4.0 test process.
> There wasn't enough that changed to have to update the training. The only
> difference is that testing can now be done in Chrome and Firefox with the
> new Web Accessibility Favelets (WAF). Other than that, everything remains
> the same.


So, I interpret that to mean that the training remains the same, and they
don't consider there to be enough functional difference between the old and
new Section 508 to warrant changing what they've already developed.

Best,
Rob

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Katie Haritos-Shea < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> The Trusted Tester program is looking to update using WCAG 2 (currently it
> validates the old Section 508 standards), you might want to wait until that
> is ready.
>
> Katie Haritos-Shea
> 703-371-5545
>
> On Jul 17, 2017 11:01 PM, "Robert Fentress" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Thanks, Ryan. I heard back from DHS OAST and they sent me an application.
> Looks like it is available beyond DHS and even the federal government. I'm
> exploring whether it might be a useful framework for ensuring the
> reliability of evaluations of products that are used by peer universities
> in Virginia. It would be nice if we could eliminate some of the
> duplication in our testing. I do wonder, though, how useful it will be
> with the move towards software as a service with rapid release cycles.
>
> On Jul 14, 2017 5:42 PM, "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Rob Fentress
> > Senior Accessibility Solutions Designer
> > Assistive Technologies at Virginia Tech
> > Electronic Business Card (vCard)
> > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url> > http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.vt.edu%2Fsearch%2Fperson.vcf%
> > 3Fperson%3D1154847&data%7C01%7Cspourgholaminejad%40unr.edu%
> > 7Cc2d7f15da1f746497c6808d4cad92ed7%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd
> > 31d8%7C1&sdata=Kuqhd%2FhQ9fdATtfLibDzl2mLexKchA86cf
> NuqASNjM0%3D&reserved=0
> > >
> > LinkedIn Profile
> > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url> > https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Frob-fentress-
> > aa0b609%3Ftrk%3Dprofile-badge&data%7C01%7Cspourgholaminejad%40unr.edu
> %
> > 7Cc2d7f15da1f746497c6808d4cad92ed7%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd
> > 31d8%7C1&sdata=JigHPR7iAiz82oAHfCt1i7y%2BjBvU5ZPCTDGPvrDOfAk%3D&
> reserved=0
> > >
> > > > > > protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flist.webaim.org%
> 2F&data%7C01%
> > 7Cspourgholaminejad%40unr.edu%7Cc2d7f15da1f746497c6808d4cad92ed7%
> > 7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=cMp2%
> > 2Bns7B8X6avc0MSSSnP0EbCrhKUGuseLURADorWw%3D&reserved=0
> > > 2ed7%
> > 7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata> > nOcMud7hi10gTN4tNQM27Nt4417J9xoUOk1rsonqEto%3D&reserved=0
> > > > > > > > at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >



--
Rob Fentress
Senior Accessibility Solutions Designer
Assistive Technologies at Virginia Tech
Electronic Business Card (vCard)
<http://search.vt.edu/search/person.vcf?person54847>
LinkedIn Profile
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-fentress-aa0b609?trk=profile-badge>