NIH Web Authors Group (WAG)

Federal Policy & Guidance

• Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites (PDF - 49 KB) —from Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• NIH World Wide Web Guidance—from Office of the Deputy CIO (ODCIO/CIT)
• Guidelines for NIH Web Sites—addresses questions about creating a new NIH Web site (Office of Communications and Public Liaison)
• Privacy Act at NIH—information from the Office of Management Assessment (OD/OMA)
• Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI)—resources for making it easier for all Americans to find and use the government information and services they need
• Federal Accessibility Initiative: Section 508—resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508
• Plain Language Initiative—Federal guidance in writing user-friendly documents
• Making Your Website Senior Friendly (PDF - 176 KB)—provides research-based guidelines for making web sites more accessible to all adults
• The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule—how to comply with protecting children's privacy online
• IT Accessibility Resources—Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards
• NIH Web Page Privacy Policy—from NIH Policy Manual
• Content & Design Guidelines for NIH Home Page Slides

Developing Your Web Site

• NIH Web Contact/Reviewer List—who to contact before setting up a web site at NIH
• NIH Domain Name Service—apply for and register an NIH domain name with CIT
• Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines—from NCI's Usability.gov Web site
• W3C Web Accesibility Initiative—how to promote a high degree of usability for people with disabilities

Managing Your Web Site

• Document Repository—successful Statements of Work, funding requests, and vacancy announcements supplied by NIH Web Managers

Evaluating Your Web Site

• Set-Aside Evaluation Funding—available for usability studies from the Office of Evaluation (OD/OE)
• OMB Clearance for Online Surveys—an expedited clearance process from OD/OLIB

Special Interest Groups

• Content Management Systems Workgroup—this group meets to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, solutions, and product updates involving CMS technology
• Web Metrics Group—this group meets to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, solutions, and product updates involving Web metrics
• XML Interest Group—this group meets to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, solutions, and product updates involving XML
• NIH's World Wide Web Interest Group (WIG)—open to everyone at NIH who uses the Web for work
• NIH's Handheld Users Group (HUG)—addresses the needs of NIH handheld device users
• WAG Archive—years 1999-2002

For specific questions, email olib@od.nih.gov or call 301-435-2932.