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Web Site Accessibility Features
Section 508
This web site is compliant with the Section
508 requirements for web sites of federal agencies. Section 508 requires
that people with disabilities seeking information or services from a Federal
agency have access comparable to those without disabilities.
Some accessibility features of this web site include:
- The use of Cascading Style Sheets to control formatting. This allows
users to use their own custom style sheet settings for legibility.
- All content is either in plain text, or are available in text-equivalents.
Reports and presentations can be read on-line as HTML, or downloaded as PDF
files, or Microsoft Office (Excel or PowerPoint) documents.
- All data tables contain row and column information correlated with
each data cell.
- Some additional accessibility features of this web site are only supported
by some browsers. We encourage you to update your browser version to
take advantage of these features:
- The top navigation bar on every page is accessible by keyboard
access keys: for example, Control + H or Alt + H for Home.
The access keys are also given as ALT tags on button images so that
screen readers can understand them.
- All links and form elements can be browsed through with the TAB
key and can be selected using the RETURN or ENTER key.
- There is a known tab key navigation problem in Apple's Safari browser.
Tab key navigation works correctly on Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers.
Tips on using this site
- To change the font size in Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, or Safari, use the following key equivalents:
| Macintosh |
+ or - |
| Windows |
Control + or Control - |
- This site uses the Verdana font for readability. If you prefer another font, you can set it in the Preferences of your browser.
If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about accessibility on
this web site, especially for particular pages, please contact
the Center for PAS Webmaster.

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