Many Government Websites Don't Meet Standards; NIST No. 3, With Lower ITIF Rankings for FCC, FTC
Nearly 91 percent of government websites don't meet at least one key performance measure, with a third falling short on security standards, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reported Monday. Little progress has been made since ITIF's 2016 study (see…
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1703080055), said Vice President Daniel Castro, urging the Trump administration to "move quickly to address these failures." The report analyzed 469 of the "most popular" federal sites, building on a 2016 analysis of 297. Report rankings are based on metrics including page-load speed, mobile friendliness, accessibility and security. Vote.gov earned the highest ranking, 95.5, and federalreserve.gov scored lowest, 36.5. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's nist.gov ranked third with 87.2; fcc.gov had 81.7 and ftc.gov, 76.5. Recommendations include the government launching a website modernization sprint and requiring all federal agencies report site analytics.