Accessibility Scan Report
🔄 Changes Since Last Scan
58
New unique issues
🆕 New Issues (58)
A11Y-16e5c380rule:aria-allowed-role|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-bcaede5erule:aria-allowed-role|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-307a4348rule:aria-allowed-role|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-61196fferule:aria-allowed-role|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-da62475frule:aria-allowed-role|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-6fe71430wcag:wcag412|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-6a487236rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-81b82df8rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/A11Y-4bb1a83brule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statementA11Y-4883c338rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statementA11Y-8ca56ef6rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statementA11Y-1ed55ee5rule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/oe/funding-opportunities-and-requests-informationA11Y-e3059137rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/oe/funding-opportunities-and-requests-informationA11Y-ce2091a2rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/oe/funding-opportunities-and-requests-informationA11Y-c5546964rule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/apprenticeships-workforce-developmentA11Y-aa6516e1rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/apprenticeships-workforce-developmentA11Y-ca37f20frule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/apprenticeships-workforce-developmentA11Y-9fe8fc40rule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/budget-performanceA11Y-bceac92frule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/budget-performanceA11Y-5d5f5b0erule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/budget-performanceA11Y-0b5d494arule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/budget-performanceA11Y-077ef91brule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/budget-performanceA11Y-f827e7fdrule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/designA11Y-c4eaa6cbrule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/designA11Y-a7991f76rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/funding-opportunitiesA11Y-d63e5de1rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/funding-opportunitiesA11Y-e3670ae5rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/missionA11Y-b9f8a80arule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/missionA11Y-ed1b9908rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/our-leadership-officesA11Y-7667fea5rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/our-leadership-officesA11Y-0516c9eewcag:wcag412|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-keptA11Y-02fac1efrule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-keptA11Y-e63c2113rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-keptA11Y-12b824a9rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-keptA11Y-98935aefrule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/web-policiesA11Y-b7df3da8rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/web-policiesA11Y-07344831rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/web-policiesA11Y-6b6e484crule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lngA11Y-e2eb271erule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lngA11Y-2a07a02arule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lngA11Y-017b21f7rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lngA11Y-cb9ec185rule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelinesA11Y-556a1f7arule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelinesA11Y-49b9c0e1rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelinesA11Y-e3eb329erule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-6aab6e0arule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-cfefc8farule:qw-act-r25|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-cf9a0a0brule:qw-act-r28|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-188c8656rule:qw-act-r16|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-de942a26rule:qw-act-r30|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-f244c644rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-7c3f47bcrule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunitiesA11Y-01e3e808wcag:wcag412|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investmentsA11Y-7f2476ddrule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investmentsA11Y-940c9f87rule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investmentsA11Y-5125c617rule:heading-order|light(axe) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policyA11Y-8f582068rule:qw-act-r37|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policyA11Y-5e0308abrule:qw-act-r76|light(qualweb) — https://www.energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
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Title keywords
VIEWPORT:desktop COLORSCHEME:both BROWSER:chromium
Issue body section
### Scan context
Viewport: desktop
ColorScheme: both
Browser: chromium
Summary
Issues
- By Level: A (3), AA (0)
- By Version (A & AA): WCAG 2.0 (3)
- By Category: axe-strict (15) & Others (43)
- Total: 58 across 9 unique rules & 2 accessibility engines
By Severity
By Role
Issues
🎯 Pages with Most Errors
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🔧 Most Common Issues (axe)
3 rules
7
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/apprenticeships-workforce-development (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/budget-performance (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunities (2 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policy (1 occurrences)
Examples
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-c5546964 | Pattern ID: A11Y-94915b7c
<h5><strong>1) More RAPs generally translate</strong><s><strong>s</strong></s><strong> to more high-quality training pathways for workers to connect to good quality careers in the energy workforce.</strong> </h5>
XPath: h5:nth-child(3)
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-9fe8fc40 | Pattern ID: A11Y-e43b0c47
<h3><a href="/cfo/listings/budget-justification-supporting-documents" data-once="links">More Budget Requests</a></h3>
XPath: .layout-breakout.layout-float.layout-right > .field--text_default.field--body.field--name-body > h3
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-bceac92f | Pattern ID: A11Y-61c4188c
<h4><a aria-label="Read more about More Annual Performance Reports" href="/cfo/listings/annual-performance-reports" title="Read more about More Annual Performance Reports" data-once="links">More Annual Performance Reports</a></h4>
XPath: h4
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-6b6e484c | Pattern ID: A11Y-9f5de03c
<h3>Media Inquiries:</h3>
XPath: .group-section__item--start > h3
Heading levels should only increase by one
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-e3eb329e | Pattern ID: A11Y-71ad2b1a
<h4>Additional Office of Indian Energy Funding Information</h4>
XPath: .field--body.field--name-body.field--type-text-with-summary > h4
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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-16e5c380 | Pattern ID: A11Y-2cc32b8f
<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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-bcaede5e | Pattern ID: A11Y-64eb7ad1
<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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-307a4348 | Pattern ID: A11Y-f48870f7
<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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-61196ffe | Pattern ID: A11Y-ca5c93cb
<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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-da62475f | Pattern ID: A11Y-a66310b3
<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
3 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/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-kept (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (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
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-6fe71430 | Pattern ID: A11Y-e03fc4d8
<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/c2f7551f/player_embed.vflset/en_US/base.js" aria-label="YouTube Video Player">
XPath: #\33 80513740
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-0516c9ee | Pattern ID: A11Y-4087e3bb
<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/c2f7551f/player_embed.vflset/en_US/base.js" aria-label="YouTube Video Player">
XPath: #\33 86189781
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-01e3e808 | Pattern ID: A11Y-56c4c306
<div class="html5-video-player ytp-hide-controls ytp-exp-bottom-control-flexbox ytp-modern-caption ytp-livebadge-color unstarted-mode ytp-small-mode" tabindex="" id="movie_player" data-version="/s/player/c2f7551f/player_embed.vflset/en_US/base.js" aria-label="YouTube Video Player">
XPath: #\34 28319547
🔧 Most Common Issues (QualWeb)
6 rules
16 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statement (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/apprenticeships-workforce-development (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/budget-performance (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/design (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/mission (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-kept (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policy (1 occurrences)
Examples
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-6a487236 | Pattern ID: A11Y-cbe353ce
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-4883c338 | Pattern ID: A11Y-cbe353ce
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-e3059137 | Pattern ID: A11Y-cbe353ce
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-aa6516e1 | Pattern ID: A11Y-cbe353ce
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-0b5d494a | Pattern ID: A11Y-cbe353ce
16 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/ (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statement (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/apprenticeships-workforce-development (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/budget-performance (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/design (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/funding-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/mission (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/our-leadership-offices (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-kept (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunities (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/topics/advancing-innovation-technology-transitions-and-early-investments (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/articles/vulnerability-disclosure-policy (1 occurrences)
Examples
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-81b82df8 | Pattern ID: A11Y-b6798710
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-8ca56ef6 | Pattern ID: A11Y-b6798710
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-ce2091a2 | Pattern ID: A11Y-b6798710
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-ca37f20f | Pattern ID: A11Y-b6798710
Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-077ef91b | Pattern ID: A11Y-b6798710
8
Moderate
qualweb
QW-ACT-R30: The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
8 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
- https://energy.gov/cio/accessibility-standard-statement (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/gdo/funding-opportunities-and-requests-information (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/budget-performance (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/state-american-energy-promises-made-promises-kept (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/web-policies (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-approves-export-expansion-corpus-christi-lng (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/cio/department-energy-information-quality-guidelines (1 occurrences)
- https://energy.gov/indianenergy/current-funding-and-technical-assistance-opportunities (1 occurrences)
Examples
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-4bb1a83b | Pattern ID: A11Y-e555095c
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-1ed55ee5 | Pattern ID: A11Y-e555095c
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-5d5f5b0e | Pattern ID: A11Y-e555095c
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-02fac1ef | Pattern ID: A11Y-e555095c
The complete visible text content of the test target neither matches or is contained within its accessible name.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-98935aef | Pattern ID: A11Y-e555095c
1
Moderate
qualweb
QW-ACT-R25: The `aria-label` property is neither inherited nor supported by the `role` generic.
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
Examples
The `aria-label` property is neither inherited nor supported by the `role` generic.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-cfefc8fa | Pattern ID: A11Y-73a436dd
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
Examples
The test target has unlisted required states or properties.
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-cf9a0a0b | Pattern ID: A11Y-512b580f
1 pages affected
Rule Information
Engine: qualweb
Roles: Front-End Developer
Blocking: No
Affected Pages
Examples
The test target accessible name doesn't exist or it's empty ('').
Mode: light
🕑 First identified: 2026-05-26
🔑 Bug ID:
A11Y-188c8656 | Pattern ID: A11Y-316438ae