Accessibility Aids

The General Services Administration is committed to providing access to our websites for all visitors with disabilities. Section 508 is a federal law that requires agencies to provide individuals with disabilities access to electronic and information technology and data comparable to those who do not have disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.

If you have a problem viewing any material on GSA.gov, or another GSA website, while using assistive technologies, please contact GSA’s Section 508 Coordinators at cio508help@gsa.gov or 202-208-0799 for assistance. You may also send your concerns directly to the page owners by locating the contact(s) on each page. In your email please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which you want to receive any materials, and your contact information.

Accessibility Aids: Plug-ins and File Viewers

All applets, plug-ins, or other applications required by GSA web pages that are not included on the specific page are found as links from this page. Most of these links are to non-government sources. GSA does not endorse any of these products; they are listed below for the convenience of our visitors. Address questions about the particular plug-in or file viewer to the respective vendor.

Adobe Acrobat
Use Adobe Acrobat to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Adobe Flash Player
Files with this extension (SWF) require the Adobe Flash Player.

Microsoft Word
Microsoft offers file viewer and converter programs to enable those who do not have MS-Word or have another version of MS-Word to open and view MS-Word files.

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft offers Microsoft offers to enable those who do not have MS-Excel or have another version of MS-Excel to view MS-Excel files.

Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft offers file viewer and converter programs to enable those who do not have MS-PowerPoint or have another version of MS-PowerPoint to view MS-PowerPoint files.

WinZip
Zip files are single files, sometimes called "archives", that contain one or more compressed files. Files with this extension (.zip) require the WinZip, to open and extract them.