Policy:

All Department of Commerce organizations' Web pages shall identify the "Web site owner".  This identification shall be accomplished in either of two ways:

• by placing the text "Web site owner: " followed by the name of the organization which manages the content of the Web site, anywhere on the page, or
• by placing a "Contact Us" link on the page, and placing the text "Web site owner: " followed by the name of the organization which manages the content of the Web site, on the page that is reached by the "Contact Us" link.

Scope:

All Department of Commerce Web pages.

Purpose:

The purpose of this policy is to identify the Department of Commerce organization that manages the content of the Web site.

Exceptions:

• Any Web page, document, or file which is a verbatim copy of a legal document.
• Any Web page or file which is part of a larger document and which is not the first Web page of the overall document.

Deadline for Implementation:

August 11, 2000

Discussion:

Note that this policy applies to all Web pages, and not merely to Web sites. 

Exceptions:  An example of an exception would be a document found in an electronic FOIA reading room. Another example would be Chapter 3 of an agency's annual report to Congress which is posted on the Web.

See related Best Practice: Identification of Content Source.

Revision History:
August 25, 2008: Revised Policy (WAG).
February 6, 2008: Corrected formatting.
June 9, 2000: Approved.