Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)

• Section: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR®)

Based off VPAT® Version 2.1 – March 2018

Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR®) ................................................................................. 1

About This Document................................................................................................................. 1

Essential Requirements and Best Practices for Information & Communications Technology

(ICT) Vendors ............................................................................................................................ 2

[FDIC] Accessibility Conformance Report .................................................................................10

About This Document

This document is broken into two main sections:

• Essential Requirements and Best Practices for using the VPAT® to complete an

Accessibility Conformance Report

• The VPAT Template

Please carefully review the Essential Requirements and Best Practices sections before

using the VPAT to create an Accessibility Conformance Report. The VPAT 2.0

template now includes criteria from WCAG 2.0 and EN 301 549, as well as the Revised

Section 508 Standards and Section 255 guidelines.

“Voluntary Product Accessibility Template” and “VPAT,” including the template format,

are Federally Registered Service Marks of the Information Technology Industry Council

(ITI). VPAT 2.0 users agree not to deviate materially from the template format provided

by ITI, and to use the service mark (“®”) where appropriate.

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Essential Requirements and Best Practices for

Information & Communications Technology (ICT)

Vendors

This section provides guidance for reporting product conformance for three major

accessibility standards and guidelines using the VPAT® to produce the Accessibility

Conformance Report. Deviating from these guidelines precludes vendors from

referencing the template by name and/or the VPAT acronym. The purpose of these

essential requirements and best practices are to promote accurate and consistent

reporting of product accessibility information.

The VPAT is a template used to document a product's conformance with accessibility

standards and guidelines. The purpose of the VPAT is to assist customers and buyers

in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial "Electronic

and Information Technology," also referred to as “Information and Communication

Technology” (ICT) products and services with features that support accessibility.

Getting Started

1. Before creating a report, read all of the materials provided in this document.

2. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) provides the VPAT. Use of

the template and service mark does not require membership in ITI.

3. Determine which accessibility standards/guidelines will be included in the product

conformance report

4. It is the vendor’s responsibility to maintain the integrity of the data in the report.

Essential Requirements for Authors

The following are the minimum requirements to be a VPAT®.

1. The VPAT name and template are registered service marks of ITI. Use of the

VPAT template and name requires the inclusion of the registered service mark

(i.e., “VPAT®”). Users of the VPAT agree not to deviate from the Essential

Requirements for Authors.