Accessibility Scan Report
Summary
Issues
- By Level: A (13), AA (0)
- By Version (A & AA): WCAG 2.0 (13)
- By Category: axe-strict (46) & Others (62)
- Total: 108 across 12 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)
7 rules
15
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.
5 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/cybersecurity (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/energy-workforce (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-opportunities (3 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/puerto-rico-grid-resilience-and-modernization (3 occurrences)
Examples
All page content should be contained by landmarks
Mode: light
<h1>403 ERROR</h1>
XPath: h1
All page content should be contained by landmarks
Mode: light
<h2>The request could not be satisfied.</h2>
XPath: h2
All page content should be contained by landmarks
Mode: light
<pre>Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
Request ID: WU05Yd9uteoZ7bRK9Vz8CSl2Atr9FSSRBN-JlvZYXYE46bSE69sSeg==
</pre>
XPath: pre
All page content should be contained by landmarks
Mode: light
<h1>403 ERROR</h1>
XPath: h1
All page content should be contained by landmarks
Mode: light
<h2>The request could not be satisfied.</h2>
XPath: h2
8
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.
8 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Content Author, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-largest-loan-department-history-delivering-over-7-billion (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-president-trump-restoring-prosperity-safety-and-security-united-states-and (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/hgeo/hgeo-solicitations-and-business-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/lm/history (1 occurrences)
Examples
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
<h3>The Genesis Mission unites DOE National Labs, industry, academia, and more to harness AI for breakthroughs in energy dominance, discovery science, and national security.</h3>
XPath: h3
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
<h3>Media Inquiries:</h3>
XPath: .group-section__item--start > h3
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
<h3>Media Inquiries:</h3>
XPath: .group-section__item--start > h3
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
<h3><strong>PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES A HISTORIC US-VENEZUELA ENERGY DEAL TO SAFEGUARD AMERICA</strong></h3>
XPath: .field--field_text > h3:nth-child(1)
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
<h3>Media Inquiries:</h3>
XPath: .group-section__item--start > h3
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
Links must have discernible text
Mode: light
<a href="/cmei/femp/federal-energy-management-program-legacy" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d5b7971e-461c-4dd6-a523-f44e158d469a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-once="links"> </a>
XPath: .field--field_text > p:nth-child(1) > a[data-entity-type="node"][data-entity-substitution="canonical"][data-once="links"]:nth-child(1)
Links must have discernible text
Mode: light
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/NNSANews/" class="usa-button usa-button--blue ext" aria-label=" " data-once="links" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">
XPath: div:nth-child(1) > .paragraph--type--button.paragraph.paragraph--view-mode--default > .field--link.field--field_button_link.field--name-field-button-link > .usa-button--blue[aria-label=" "][data-extlink=""]
Links must have discernible text
Mode: light
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nnsanews/" class="usa-button usa-button--blue ext" aria-label=" " data-once="links" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">
XPath: div:nth-child(2) > .paragraph--type--button.paragraph.paragraph--view-mode--default > .field--link.field--field_button_link.field--name-field-button-link > .usa-button--blue[aria-label=" "][data-extlink=""]
Links must have discernible text
Mode: light
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-nuclear-security-administration/posts/?feedView=articles" class="usa-button usa-button--blue ext" aria-label=" " data-once="links" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">
XPath: div:nth-child(3) > .paragraph--type--button.paragraph.paragraph--view-mode--default > .field--link.field--field_button_link.field--name-field-button-link > .usa-button--blue[aria-label=" "][data-extlink=""]
Links must have discernible text
Mode: light
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/nnsanews" class="usa-button usa-button--blue ext" aria-label=" " data-once="links" data-extlink="" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">
XPath: div:nth-child(4) > .paragraph--type--button.paragraph.paragraph--view-mode--default > .field--link.field--field_button_link.field--name-field-button-link > .usa-button--blue[aria-label=" "][data-extlink=""]
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (5 occurrences)
Examples
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Mode: light
<li class="field__item splide__slide is-active is-visible" id="main-carousel-slide01" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="1 of 4" style="width: calc(100%);">
XPath: #main-carousel-slide01
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Mode: light
<li class="splide__slide is-active is-visible" id="thumbnail-carousel-slide01" role="button" aria-label="Go to slide 1" aria-current="true" tabindex="0" aria-controls="main-carousel-slide01">
XPath: #thumbnail-carousel-slide01
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Mode: light
<li class="splide__slide is-visible is-next" id="thumbnail-carousel-slide02" role="button" aria-label="Go to slide 2" tabindex="0" aria-controls="main-carousel-slide02">
XPath: #thumbnail-carousel-slide02
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Mode: light
<li class="splide__slide is-visible" id="thumbnail-carousel-slide03" role="button" aria-label="Go to slide 3" tabindex="0" aria-controls="main-carousel-slide03">
XPath: #thumbnail-carousel-slide03
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Mode: light
<li class="splide__slide is-visible" id="thumbnail-carousel-slide04" role="button" aria-label="Go to slide 4" tabindex="0" aria-controls="main-carousel-slide04">
XPath: #thumbnail-carousel-slide04
5
Serious
axe
SC 3.1.1 A
html-has-lang: Ensures the <html> element has a lang attribute. Screen readers use the language attribute to select the correct pronunciation engine.
5 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
WCAG: SC 3.1.1 A
Disabilities affected:
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/cybersecurity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/energy-workforce (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/puerto-rico-grid-resilience-and-modernization (1 occurrences)
Who Is Affected
- Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans
Examples
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
5
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.
5 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: axe
Roles: Front-End Developer, UX Designer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/cybersecurity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/energy-workforce (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/puerto-rico-grid-resilience-and-modernization (1 occurrences)
Examples
Document should have one main landmark
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
Document should have one main landmark
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
Document should have one main landmark
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
Document should have one main landmark
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
Document should have one main landmark
Mode: light
<html>
XPath: html
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/ (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
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes
Mode: light
<div class="html5-video-player ytp-hide-controls ytp-exp-bottom-control-flexbox ytp-modern-caption ytp-livebadge-color unstarted-mode ytp-large-width-mode" tabindex="" id="movie_player" data-version="/s/player/d95a0e03/player_embed.vflset/en_US/base.js" aria-label="YouTube Video Player">
XPath: #\33 83566717
🔧 Most Common Issues (QualWeb)
5 rules
22 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
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/design (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/newsroom (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/power-marketing-administrations (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/work-us-department-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-largest-loan-department-history-delivering-over-7-billion (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-president-trump-restoring-prosperity-safety-and-security-united-states-and (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/privacy-program (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/hgeo/hgeo-solicitations-and-business-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/lm/history (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/science/office-science-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
Examples
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
22 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
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/design (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/genesis (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/newsroom (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/power-marketing-administrations (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/work-us-department-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-1715-million-expand-us-geothermal-energy (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-largest-loan-department-history-delivering-over-7-billion (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-president-trump-restoring-prosperity-safety-and-security-united-states-and (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/privacy-program (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/hgeo/hgeo-solicitations-and-business-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/lm/history (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/science/office-science-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
Examples
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
11
Moderate
qualweb
QW-ACT-R30: The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
11 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 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-announces-largest-loan-department-history-delivering-over-7-billion (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-president-trump-restoring-prosperity-safety-and-security-united-states-and (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/nnsa/national-nuclear-security-administration (1 occurrences)
Examples
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
5 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/cybersecurity (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/energy-workforce (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/puerto-rico-grid-resilience-and-modernization (1 occurrences)
Examples
The `lang` attribute doesn't exist or is empty ('').
Mode: light
The `lang` attribute doesn't exist or is empty ('').
Mode: light
The `lang` attribute doesn't exist or is empty ('').
Mode: light
The `lang` attribute doesn't exist or is empty ('').
Mode: light
The `lang` attribute doesn't exist or is empty ('').
Mode: light
2 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
Examples
The test target doesn't have an accessible name, or it's empty ('').
Mode: light
The test target doesn't have an accessible name, or it's empty ('').
Mode: light