Accessibility Scan Report
Summary
Issues
- By Level: A (10), AA (0)
- By Version (A & AA): WCAG 2.0 (10)
- By Category: axe-strict (27) & Others (501)
- Total: 528 across 37 unique rules & 2 accessibility engines
By Severity
By Role
Issues
🎯 Pages with Most Errors
Focus your efforts on these pages to make the biggest impact. Click any error count to filter the rule list below. Numbers in parentheses (+N) indicate findings that cover WCAG criteria already reported by axe.
🔧 Most Common Issues (axe)
9 rules
7
Serious
axe
SC 2.4.4, SC 4.1.2 A
link-name: Ensures links have discernible text. Screen reader users often navigate pages by listing all links — links without text or with only 'click here' provide no context.
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Content Author, UX Designer
Blocking: ⚠️ Yes (Task-Blocking)
Disabilities affected:
Affected Pages
Who Is Affected
- Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
- Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
- Limited Manipulation 2.2% — ~7,600,000 Americans
- Limited Reach and Strength 5.8% — ~19,600,000 Americans
- Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (5 occurrences)
Examples
5
Moderate
axe
heading-order: Ensures heading levels are not skipped (e.g. h1→h3). Inconsistent heading hierarchy makes page structure difficult to navigate for screen reader users.
5 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Content Author, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/topics (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
Examples
4
Moderate
axe
region: Ensures all page content is contained within landmark regions. Content outside landmarks cannot be found by screen reader users navigating by landmarks.
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (4 occurrences)
Examples
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
WCAG: SC 4.1.2 A
Disabilities affected:
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
Who Is Affected
- Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
- Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
- Limited Manipulation 2.2% — ~7,600,000 Americans
- Limited Reach and Strength 5.8% — ~19,600,000 Americans
- Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
Examples
1
Moderate
axe
landmark-one-main: Ensures the page has exactly one main landmark. Screen reader users rely on the main landmark to skip navigation and jump directly to page content.
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
WCAG: SC 4.1.2 A
Disabilities affected:
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
Who Is Affected
- Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
- Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
- Limited Manipulation 2.2% — ~7,600,000 Americans
- Limited Reach and Strength 5.8% — ~19,600,000 Americans
- Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans
Examples
🔧 Most Common Issues (Equal Access)
28 rules
94
Moderate
equalAccess
aria_role_redundant: ARIA role is redundant with the native role of the element
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (26 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (4 occurrences)
Examples
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (6 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (24 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (2 occurrences)
Examples
58
Moderate
equalAccess
text_block_heading: Blocks of text that serve as headings should be marked up as headings
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (5 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (6 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (4 occurrences)
Examples
45
Moderate
equalAccess
element_tabbable_unobscured: A tabbable element should not be entirely obscured by overlapping content
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (5 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (2 occurrences)
Examples
10 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (26 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (9 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (2 occurrences)
Examples
38
Moderate
equalAccess
text_contrast_sufficient: Contrast ratio of text against its background must meet minimum requirements
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (2 occurrences)
Examples
22
Moderate
equalAccess
aria_content_in_landmark: All content of the page should be contained within a landmark region
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
20
Moderate
equalAccess
style_color_misuse: Color must not be used as the only visual means of conveying information
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
20
Moderate
equalAccess
style_highcontrast_visible: Elements must be visible in Windows High Contrast mode
19 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/commercialization (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-energy-information-administration-eia (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/whistleblower-protection-and-nondisclosure-agreements (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/OMEI/office-civil-rights-and-equal-employment-opportunity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
10
Moderate
equalAccess
text_sensory_misuse: Instructions must not rely solely on sensory characteristics
8 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (10 occurrences)
Examples
3 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (4 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (3 occurrences)
Examples
7 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (9 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (8 occurrences)
Examples
6 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/us-department-energy-national-laboratories (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/earth-systems-modeling (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/national-science-bowl (1 occurrences)
Examples
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
Examples
4
Moderate
equalAccess
aria_attribute_redundant: ARIA role or attribute is redundant with the native role and attributes
3 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
Examples
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
Examples
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (2 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (3 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (2 occurrences)
Examples
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/contact-us (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (2 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (2 occurrences)
Examples
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: equalAccess
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)