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openpaymentsdata.cms.gov: week 2026-W31

This is the 2026-W31 ISO-week report (327 pages fetched, 223 unique pages audited by axe/Alfa). Generated 2026-07-27. Compared against 2026-W30 (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: 5 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).

New this week
1
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 116 — 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 116 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r111 pages (CSV)
Form field label is visible (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 116 — See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r61 pages (CSV)
Scrolling content can be accessed by keyboard (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) Moderate 116 — 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 80 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 21 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 8 weeks (lower is better)
Critical Serious Moderate W24W27W3170

This week at a glance 10 issue type(s)
Median axe violations / page
3
Pages with axe violations
223 of 223
Median Alfa failures / page
45
Pages with Alfa failures
116 of 116
Unique pages audited
223
Words per page (median)
4686 main content, nav excluded
Reading ease (median)
19 8 prose pages
Reading grade (median)
18
Misspellings
25+ distinct details
Broken links
8 details
Median page weight
2.7 MB -7 KB better
Median requests per page
42
Estimated energy per page (mean)
0.8441 Wh
Scan coverage this week (327 pages · 223 succeeded of 249 attempted)
Pages each engine ran on, per the configured weekly sampling rates.
EnginePagesCoverage
axe22368%
resources22368%
alfa11635%
standards11335%
plain-language11134%
deprecated-html258%
sustainability247%
tech186%
security175%

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

Changes since 2026-W30 3 change(s)

axe-core

No rule-level changes.

Alfa

  • New: sia-r68 appeared this week.
  • sia-r17 spread: 79 → 80 pages affected (rate: 64% → 69% of pages scanned).
  • sia-r12 shrank: 32 → 21 pages affected (rate: 26% → 18% of pages scanned).

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