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openpaymentsdata.cms.gov: week 2026-W30

This is the 2026-W30 ISO-week report (327 pages fetched, 223 unique pages audited by axe/Alfa). Generated 2026-07-21. Compared against 2026-W29 (327 fetched). The dashboard headline uses a rolling last-7-days window; this page is the full ISO week. Machine-readable API: snapshot.json · findings.json.

Primary standards queue: 0 required finding type(s) (handling: report). Verification queue: 4 required finding type(s) (handling: review). Aspirational queue: 0 finding type(s). Advisory queue: 0 finding type(s). Unmapped review queue: 2 finding type(s).

Change this week

New this week
0
Fixed this week
0
Regressed this week
0

Fix these first

Highest-leverage issues, ranked by pages affected × severity × people reached. Fixing a shared component often clears many pages at once. Issue links go to the full bug detail on the Accessibility page.

Top 8 issues to prioritize this week.
IssueSeverityPagesWho it affectsHow to fixEvidence
All page content should be contained by landmarks (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Serious 223 — Wrap all page content in landmarks (header, nav, main, footer) so users can navigate by region. pages (CSV)
Text has minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 (WCAG 1.4.8) (rule↗) Moderate 124 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r73 pages (CSV)
Target size is at least 44×44 CSS pixels (Enhanced) (WCAG 2.5.5) (rule↗) Moderate 124 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r111 pages (CSV)
Form field label is visible (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 124 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r61 pages (CSV)
Scrolling content can be accessed by keyboard (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 124 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r57 pages (CSV)
Buttons must have discernible text (WCAG 4.1.2) (rule↗) Critical 51 Without vision, Limited vision Give the button an accessible name via its text content, aria-label, or aria-labelledby. pages (CSV)
aria-hidden element does not contain focusable elements (WCAG 4.1.2) (rule↗) Moderate 79 Without vision, Limited vision See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r17 pages (CSV)
Button has accessible name (WCAG 4.1.2) (rule↗) Moderate 32 Without vision, Limited vision Give the button an accessible name via text, aria-label, or aria-labelledby. pages (CSV)

Progress

Open findings by severity over 7 weeks (lower is better)
Critical Serious Moderate W24W27W3070
Open findings by severity, by week
WeekCriticalSeriousModerate
2026-W24016
2026-W25015
2026-W26015
2026-W27015
2026-W28127
2026-W29126
2026-W30126

This week at a glance 9 issue type(s)

Median axe violations / page
3
Pages with axe violations
223 of 223
Median Alfa failures / page
45
Pages with Alfa failures
124 of 124
Unique pages audited
223
Words per page (median)
4686 main content, nav excluded
Reading ease (median)
14.2 11 prose pages
Reading grade (median)
18
Misspellings
25+ distinct details
Broken links
7 details
Median page weight
2.7 MB -1 KB better
Median requests per page
42
Estimated energy per page (mean)
0.8599 Wh
Scan coverage this week (327 pages · 223 succeeded of 248 attempted)
Pages each engine ran on, per the configured weekly sampling rates.
EnginePagesCoverage
axe22368%
resources22368%
alfa12438%
plain-language10733%
standards10331%
sustainability289%
deprecated-html247%
tech186%
security165%

History & Trends → Severity, Lighthouse and other measures across 17 weeks.

Changes since 2026-W29 0 change(s)

axe-core

No rule-level changes.

Alfa

No rule-level changes.

Embedded & linked resources

Non-HTML resources this site links to or embeds — PDFs, Office documents, iframes, and media. The site owner is responsible for their accessibility too. Full inventory with first-seen dates: CSV.

No new resources first seen this week.

23 distinct resources, by type.
TypeCount
Spreadsheets22
Embedded media players1