Use Section 508 Standard checklists to ensure conformance with Section 508 Standards. Conformance of final Electronic Information Technology (E&IT) products such as software, electronic documents, websites, web pages, multimedia, and eLearning courses will be facilitated to these standards with the use of these checklists. All E&IT products, goods, and services should have completed checklists submitted with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Conformance Validation Statement (CVS) form.
Please keep in mind:
Use checklists 1194.21, 1194.22, 1194.31, and 1194.41. Agile Software Development testing submissions where appropriate depending on the type of product.
When authoring electronic documents, the checklist for the appropriate authoring application should be used to ensure Section 508 conformance.
Use 1194.23 1194.24, 1194.25, 1194.26 checklist, for telecommunications, multimedia, Self-Contained, Closed Products, hardware, and other purchases that fall under Section 508.
Use 1194.31 and 1194.41 should be filled out for all products.
To view and download checklists for electronic document creation select the following links:
