DHS Trusted Tester Certified
Certified DHS Trusted Tester for Web (TT-2606-09221). It is the federal government’s own Section 508 test method, used on its own technology.
About Harbor™
An independent accessibility consultant with a flat fee and a signed VPAT/ACR on a date committed at signing, from day 21.* The evaluator is named, and his certification is published.
Why Harbor Exists
Software companies lose deals because they can’t produce an accessibility compliance document when procurement asks for one. The traditional options are an automated scan that covers only a fraction of the criteria, or a consultancy that charges by the hour with no clear finish line.
Harbor was built to fix that. It is an independent accessibility consultancy with one certified consultant, so the person who scopes your website accessibility audit is the person who performs it. A flat fee, a signed VPAT/ACR on a committed date with the date committed at signing,* manual testing with real assistive technology, and a named evaluator whose federal certification is published in full.
How We Work
Harbor audits are performed under the DHS Trusted Tester certification, the test methodology the U.S. federal government developed for Section 508 conformance and uses to evaluate its own technology. Your auditor works with you from discovery through final delivery.
Nothing reaches your VPAT/ACR on a scanner’s say-so: every failure is reproduced by hand before it is written down. Where the tool and the tester disagree, the human call wins and the report says which way it went, and where we cannot judge something with confidence it says that too, rather than quietly passing it.
Who You Work With
Andrew Szigety
Founder & Principal Auditor
Andrew spent eight years in software quality assurance before turning that discipline toward accessibility: testing data-dense web applications the way real users experience them. He is a DHS certified Trusted Tester for Web, certificate TT-2606-09221, and every audit he signs is backed by Harbor’s errors and omissions insurance. When you hire Harbor, the person who scopes your audit is the person who tests your product and answers your questions afterward.
Credentials & Commitments
WCAG 2.2 AA Standard
Audits measure against WCAG 2.2 AA, the international standard, and the one procurement teams name when they ask about accessibility.
Assistive Technology Testing
Manual testing with a screen reader (NVDA on Windows; JAWS or VoiceOver on request), keyboard-only navigation, and magnification tools.
Readable Before You Buy
The VPAT/ACR and remediation plan from a real audit are published here in full. Judge the work before you contact us.
Included in the Flat Fee
- One invoice. You are quoted a flat price at scoping and invoiced that same price at delivery.
- Follow-up reviews of remediated pages (2 on Focused, 3 on Standard and Professional, 5 on Enterprise), and up to 90 days of email support after the ACR ships. Not billed separately.
Let’s Work Together
Tell us where you are stuck and what your deadline is.
*21 days on a Focused engagement, 45 on Standard, 60 on Professional. Remediation support continues after the ACR ships and runs on your team’s schedule.