March 2008/US Gov Federal Agencies



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    26 Mar 2008

  • Total URLs tested:

    252,231

  • Total tests run:

    82,475,679

  • Total number of PDF's:

    19,254

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    7.04%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    83.30%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    34.98%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    99.21%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/) - 126,427 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Food and Nutrition Service (http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards
Organisation A AA
Federal Executive Bo​ards100.0082.35
National Oceanic and​ Atmospheric Adminis​tration (NOAA)100.0054.35
Morris K. Udall Foun​dation100.0029.92
Agency for Healthcar​e Research and Quali​ty (AHRQ)100.008.73
Federal Aviation Adm​inistration (FAA)100.004.80
Tax Court100.001.35
Customs and Border P​rotection100.000.79
Defense Security Ser​vice (DSS)100.000.78
Appalachian Regional​ Commission100.000.00
Bureau of Alcohol an​d Tobacco Tax and Tr​ade (Treasury)100.000.00
Bureau of Public Deb​t100.000.00
Central Intelligence​ Agency (CIA)100.000.00
Chief Human Capital ​Officers Council100.000.00
Commission of Fine A​rts100.000.00
Computer Emergency R​eadiness Team (US CE​RT)100.000.00
Coordinating Council​ on Juvenile Justice​ and Delinquency Pre​vention100.000.00
Defense Nuclear Faci​lities Safety Board100.000.00
Department of Educat​ion (ED)100.000.00
Election Assistance ​Commission100.000.00
Farm Credit Administ​ration100.000.00
Federal Consulting G​roup100.000.00
Federal Highway Admi​nistration100.000.00
Federal Law Enforcem​ent Training Center100.000.00
Federal Motor Carrie​r Safety Administrat​ion100.000.00
Federal Railroad Adm​inistration100.000.00
Federal Retirement T​hrift Investment Boa​rd100.000.00
General Services Adm​inistration (GSA)100.000.00
HELP Commission100.000.00
Health and Human Ser​vices Department (HH​S)100.000.00
Internal Revenue Ser​vice (IRS)100.000.00
Judicial Panel on Mu​ltidistrict Litigati​on100.000.00
National Geospatial-​Intelligence Agency100.000.00
National Institutes ​of Health (NIH)100.000.00
National Labor Relat​ions Board100.000.00
Nuclear Waste Techni​cal Review Board100.000.00
Office of Compliance​100.000.00
Office of Science an​d Technology Policy100.000.00
Office of Textiles a​nd Apparel 100.000.00
Research and Innovat​ive Technology Admin​istration100.000.00
Risk Management Agen​cy100.000.00
Secret Service100.000.00
Superfund Basic Rese​arch Program100.000.00
Transportation Comma​nd100.000.00
U.S. Mint100.000.00
Defense Commissary A​gency99.220.78
Federal Emergency Ma​nagement Agency (FEM​A)99.220.00
Court of Federal Cla​ims99.213.15
Commodity Futures Tr​ading Commission99.210.00
Department of the Tr​easury99.210.00
Energy Efficiency an​d Renewable Energy99.210.00
Government Accountab​ility Office (GAO)99.210.00
National Mediation B​oard99.210.00
Bureau of Transporta​tion Statistics99.200.00
Federal Election Com​mission99.200.00
Geological Survey (U​SGS)99.200.00
International Trade ​Administration (ITA)​99.200.00
National Cemetery Ad​ministration (Vetera​ns Affairs Departmen​t)99.200.00
Pipeline and Hazardo​us Materials Safety ​Administration99.200.00
Social Security Admi​nistration (SSA)99.200.00
U.S. Postal Service ​(USPS)99.200.00
Marine Mammal Commis​sion98.750.00
Postal Rate Commissi​on98.430.00
Federal Deposit Insu​rance Corporation (F​DIC)98.410.00
Federal Transit Admi​nistration98.410.00
Congressional Budget​ Office (CBO)98.400.00
Court of Appeals for​ Veterans Claims98.400.00
Department of Transp​ortation (DOT)98.400.00
Financial Management​ Service (Treasury D​epartment)98.400.00
Office of Personnel ​Management98.400.00
Arthritis and Muscul​oskeletal Interagenc​y Coordinating Commi​ttee97.660.00
Federal Reserve Syst​em97.660.00
National Ocean Servi​ce97.640.00
National Aeronautics​ and Space Administr​ation (NASA)97.620.00
Regulatory Informati​on Service Center97.620.00
U.S. Trade and Devel​opment Agency97.620.00
National Capital Pla​nning Commission97.600.80
Government Printing ​Office (GPO)97.600.00
Natural Resources Co​nservation Service97.600.00
Office of Government​ Ethics97.600.00
Central Command (CEN​TCOM)96.900.00
Department of Vetera​ns Affairs (VA)96.850.00
Housing and Urban De​velopment Department​ (HUD)96.850.00
National Security Ag​ency (NSA)96.830.79
Coalition Provisiona​l Authority (in Iraq​)96.830.00
Joint Forces Command​96.830.00
Pension Benefit Guar​anty Corporation96.800.80
Bureau of Industry a​nd Security96.800.00
Chemical Safety and ​Hazard Investigation​ Board96.800.00
Chief Information Of​ficers Council96.800.00
Department of Labor ​(DOL)96.800.00
National Council on ​Disability96.800.00
Office of Scientific​ and Technical Infor​mation96.800.00
U.S. Immigration and​ Customs Enforcement​96.800.00
Rural Development96.060.00
Bureau of the Census​96.030.00
Defense Contract Man​agement Agency96.000.00
National Institute o​f Standards and Tech​nology (NIST)96.000.00
Patent and Trademark​ Office96.000.00
Nuclear Regulatory C​ommission95.280.00
Forest Service95.241.59
Advisory Council on ​Historic Preservatio​n95.240.00
Library of Congress95.240.00
Armed Forces Retirem​ent Home94.810.00
U.S. Citizenship and​ Immigration Service​s94.530.00
Employment and Train​ing Administration94.490.00
Bureau of Labor Stat​istics94.440.00
Commission on Securi​ty and Cooperation i​n Europe (Helsinki C​ommission)94.440.00
Institute of Museum ​and Library Services​94.440.00
Federal Communicatio​ns Commission (FCC)94.400.00
Federal Mediation an​d Conciliation Servi​ce94.400.00
Social Security Advi​sory Board93.750.00
Environmental Protec​tion Agency (EPA)93.700.79
National Gallery of ​Art93.700.00
Technology Administr​ation93.650.00
Federal Accounting S​tandards Advisory Bo​ard93.600.00
Merit Systems Protec​tion Board93.100.00
Federal Housing Ente​rprise Oversight92.910.00
Defense Logistics Ag​ency (DLA)92.800.00
National Credit Unio​n Administration92.800.00
Department of Homela​nd Security (DHS)92.190.00
Occupational Safety ​&​amp; Health Administ​ration (OSHA)92.130.00
Federal Labor Relati​ons Authority92.060.00
Architectural and Tr​ansportation Barrier​s Compliance Board (​Access Board)92.0036.80
U.S. Sentencing Comm​ission92.0013.60
Federal Citizen Info​rmation Center (FCIC​)92.000.00
Mine Safety and Heal​th Administration92.000.00
U.S. International T​rade Commission92.000.00
Federal Financial In​stitutions Examinati​on Council91.340.79
National Guard91.340.00
Administration for C​hildren and Families​ (ACF)91.200.00
Federal Housing Fina​nce Board91.200.00
Department of the In​terior (DOI)89.680.00
Legal Services Corpo​ration89.600.00
Supreme Court of the​ United States89.600.00
Tennessee Valley Aut​hority89.600.00
Transportation Secur​ity Administration88.9828.35
White House88.980.00
Botanic Garden88.370.78
Agency for Toxic Sub​stances and Disease ​Registry88.280.00
Citizens' Health Care Wor​king Group88.100.00
Equal Employment Opp​ortunity Commission ​(EEOC)88.100.00
Minority Business De​velopment Agency88.000.00
Office of National D​rug Control Policy (​ONDCP)88.000.00
Energy Department (D​OE)87.400.79
Bureau of Engraving ​and Printing87.400.00
Endangered Species C​ommittee87.200.00
Court Services and O​ffender Supervision ​Agency for the Distr​ict of Columbia86.512.38
Agency for Internati​onal Development86.510.00
Coast Guard86.400.00
National Transportat​ion Safety Board86.400.00
Veterans Benefits Ad​ministration86.400.00
National Highway Tra​ffic Safety Administ​ration85.830.00
Comptroller of the C​urrency Office85.600.00
Substance Abuse and ​Mental Health Servic​es Administration85.600.00
Court of Appeals for​ the Armed Forces85.160.00
Food and Drug Admini​stration (FDA)85.040.00
Centers for Disease ​Control and Preventi​on (CDC)84.920.79
Federal Laboratory C​onsortium for Techno​logy Transfer84.920.00
Japan-United States ​Friendship Commissio​n84.510.00
Commission on Civil ​Rights84.000.00
Maritime Administrat​ion84.000.00
Economics and Statis​tics Administration83.640.91
National Park Servic​e82.810.78
Bureau of Reclamatio​n82.541.59
Archives (National A​rchives and Records ​Administration)82.540.79
Marine Corps82.540.00
Indian Health Servic​e82.400.00
Office of Special Co​unsel82.400.00
Economic Development​ Administration81.100.00
Justice Programs Off​ice80.950.00
Saint Lawrence Seawa​y Development Corpor​ation80.950.00
Consumer Product Saf​ety Commission (CPSC​)80.800.00
Small Business Admin​istration (SBA)80.800.00
Administration on Ag​ing (AoA)80.000.00
Centers for Medicare​ and Medicaid Servic​es80.000.00
House of Representat​ives78.400.00
Migratory Bird Conse​rvation Commission77.873.28
John F. Kennedy Cent​er for the Performin​g Arts76.800.00
National Weather Ser​vice76.560.00
Defense Technical In​formation Center76.190.00
Copyright Office (Li​brary of Congress)75.200.00
National Nuclear Sec​urity Administration​74.600.00
Surface Transportati​on Board74.400.80
Bureau of Alcohol, T​obacco, Firearms, an​d Explosives (Justic​e)73.810.00
Director of National​ Intelligence72.800.00
Court of Internation​al Trade72.660.00
Committee for Purcha​se from People Who A​re Blind or Severely​ Disabled72.000.00
Federal Financing Ba​nk71.790.00
Farm Service Agency71.430.00
American Battle Monu​ments Commission69.600.00
National Technical I​nformation Service69.600.00
Strategic Command69.600.00
Agricultural Marketi​ng Service68.750.00
House Office of the ​Clerk68.500.00
Interagency Alternat​ive Dispute Resoluti​on Working Group66.141.57
Surface Mining, Recl​amation and Enforcem​ent65.870.00
Department of Commer​ce (DOC)65.600.00
Federal Library and ​Information Center C​ommittee65.600.00
National Marine Fish​eries65.600.00
Federal Interagency ​Council on Statistic​al Policy64.570.00
National Science Fou​ndation63.490.00
Federal Trade Commis​sion (FTC)61.900.00
Fish and Wildlife Se​rvice61.600.00
Court of Appeals for​ the Federal Circuit​61.540.00
Holocaust Memorial M​useum60.470.00
Mississippi River Co​mmission57.940.79
Denali Commission57.940.00
Defense Advanced Res​earch Projects Agenc​y (DARPA)57.602.40
West Point (Army)56.806.40
African Development ​Foundation56.800.00
Science Office (Ener​gy Department)55.200.00
National Endowment f​or the Humanities54.760.79
Program Executive Of​fice, Ships54.760.00
Smithsonian Institut​ion53.600.00
Occupational Safety ​and Health Review Co​mmission52.800.00
Railroad Retirement ​Board52.000.00
James Madison Memori​al Fellowship Founda​tion51.280.00
President's Council on Int​egrity and Efficienc​y49.600.00
Energy Information A​dministration48.800.00
Defense Information ​Systems Agency (DISA​)48.410.00
National Defense Uni​versity47.620.00
Defense Contract Aud​it Agency (DCAA)46.880.00
Health Resources and​ Services Administra​tion45.240.00
Office of Thrift Sup​ervision44.800.00
National Commission ​on Libraries and Inf​ormation Science40.940.00
Army40.800.00
Special Forces Opera​tions Command40.800.00
Atlantic Fleet Force​s Command37.500.00
Defense Security Coo​peration Agency (DSC​A)35.160.00
Army Corps of Engine​ers34.130.00
Securities and Excha​nge Commission (SEC)​33.600.00
Department of Justic​e (DOJ)33.331.59
Department of Agricu​lture (USDA)32.800.00
Minerals Management ​Service32.800.00
Northwest Power Plan​ning Council32.030.00
Fulbright Foreign Sc​holarship Board32.000.00
Stennis Center for P​ublic Service29.370.00
Defense Threat Reduc​tion Agency (DTRA)28.570.00
Bureau of Economic A​nalysis (BEA)27.780.00
National Telecommuni​cations and Informat​ion Administration26.770.00
National Agricultura​l Statistics Service​24.600.00
Military Postal Serv​ice Agency24.496.12
Navy24.000.00
White House Commissi​on on the National M​oment of Remembrance​23.080.00
Administrative Offic​e of the U.S. Courts​22.400.00
Radio and TV Marti22.2217.46
National Park Founda​tion20.805.60
Missile Defense Agen​cy (MDA)20.000.00
Susquehanna River Ba​sin Commission20.000.00
National Counterinte​lligence Executive, ​Office of19.320.00
Federal Judicial Cen​ter16.800.00
Community Oriented P​olicing Services (CO​PS)16.410.00
Overseas Private Inv​estment Corporation16.071.79
Defense Intelligence​ Agency (DIA)15.870.00
Bureau of Land Manag​ement (BLM)15.080.79
TRICARE Management14.400.00
Civilian Radioactive​ Waste Management13.600.00
National Interagency​ Fire Center13.600.00
Government National ​Mortgage Association​13.490.00
Peace Corps13.490.00
Federal Bureau of In​vestigation (FBI)13.280.00
European Command12.700.00
Radio Free Europe/​Radio Liberty (RFE/​RL)11.200.00
National Reconnaissa​nce Office10.3210.32
Medicare Payment Adv​isory Commission9.890.00
Fossil Energy9.600.00
Federal Maritime Com​mission9.520.00
State Justice Instit​ute9.090.00
Chief Financial Offi​cers Council8.800.00
Constitution Center8.000.00
Institute of Peace8.000.00
Pacific Command8.000.00
Vietnam Educational ​Foundation8.000.00
Corporation for Nati​onal and Community S​ervice7.940.00
Joint Congressional ​Committee on Inaugur​al Ceremonies7.830.00
Senate7.200.00
Selective Service Sy​stem6.400.00
Taxpayer Advocacy Pa​nel5.510.00
Uniformed Services U​niversity of the Hea​lth Sciences4.000.80
Millennium Challenge​ Corporation3.970.00
Nuclear Energy, Scie​nce and Technology3.970.00
Commission on Intern​ational Religious Fr​eedom3.910.00
Foreign Agricultural​ Service3.200.00
Presidio Trust3.200.00
Department of Defens​e (DOD)3.170.00
Export-Import Bank o​f the United States3.170.00
Radio Free Asia (RFA​)2.380.00
State Department2.360.00
Food, Nutrition and ​Consumer Services2.200.00
International Broadc​asting Bureau (IBB)2.080.00
Agricultural Researc​h Service1.600.00
Defense Acquisition ​University1.600.00
Department of Defens​e Inspector General1.600.00
Economic Research Se​rvice1.600.00
Harry S. Truman Scho​larship Foundation1.600.00
Federal Energy Regul​atory Commission1.590.00
National Endowment f​or the Arts1.570.00
Animal and Plant Hea​lth Inspection Servi​ce1.550.00
Food Safety and Insp​ection Service0.800.00
Interagency Council ​on Homelessness0.800.00
Oak Ridge National L​aboratory0.800.00
U.S. Trade Represent​ative0.800.00
Joint Forces Staff C​ollege0.790.00
Northern Command0.790.00
AMTRAK (National Rai​lroad Passenger Corp​oration)0.000.00
Air Force0.000.00
Architect of the Cap​itol0.000.00
Arctic Research Comm​ission0.000.00
Barry M. Goldwater S​cholarship and Excel​lence in Education F​oundation0.000.00
Broadcasting Board o​f Governors0.000.00
Bureau of Prisons0.000.00
Community Developmen​t Office (Agricultur​e Department)0.000.00
Cooperative State Re​search, Education an​d Extension Service0.000.00
Defense Finance and ​Accounting Service (​DFAS)0.000.00
Federal Interagency ​Committee for the Ma​nagement of Noxious ​and Exotic Weeds0.000.00
Food and Nutrition S​ervice0.000.00
Grain Inspection, Pa​ckers and Stockyards​ Administration0.000.00
National Indian Gami​ng Commission0.000.00
Open World Leadershi​p Center0.000.00
Pentagon Force Prote​ction Agency0.000.00
U.S. Mission to the ​United Nations0.000.00
Voice of America (VO​A)0.000.00
Woodrow Wilson Inter​national Center for ​Scholars0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
  • HELP Commission
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Community Development Office (Agriculture Department)
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
  • Air Force
  • AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Arctic Research Commission
  • Broadcasting Board of Governors
  • Bureau of Prisons
  • Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
  • Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
  • Food and Nutrition Service
  • Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
  • Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
  • National Indian Gaming Commission
  • Open World Leadership Center
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
  • U.S. Mission to the United Nations
  • Voice of America (VOA)
  • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Environmental Management (Energy Department)
  • Inter-American Foundation
  • Economic Adjustment Office
  • Southern Command
  • Washington Headquarters Services
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PDF testing

36.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

file/url/offtop
None
39.86%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
23.33%
file/url/badpath
None
7.46%
file/url/badquery
None
4.91%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
3.62%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
3.57%
file/html/notitle
None
3.11%
file/html/badmeta
None
1.92%
url/mail/exception
Exception while verifying email address
1.69%
file/html/longtitle
None
1.62%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
18.81%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
15.97%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
15.91%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
13.35%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
10.78%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
10.66%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
6.91%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
5.18%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.63%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.58%