October 2008/US Gov Federal Agencies
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
15 Oct 2008
- Total URLs tested:
285,872
- Total tests run:
93,429,830
- Total number of PDF's:
20,055
- URLs failing functional tests:
6.84%
- Pages failing code standards:
84.25%
- Pages missing a title:
2.43%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
35.30%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
99.49%
- Poorest code quality:
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/) - 142,870 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Food and Nutrition Service (http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Court | 100.00 | 1.30 |
| Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade (Treasury) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Public Debt | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Commission of Fine Arts | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US CERT) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Customs and Border Protection | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Defense Security Service (DSS) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Department of Education (ED) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Election Assistance Commission | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Consulting Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Executive Boards | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Highway Administration | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Law Enforcement Training Center | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Railroad Administration | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| General Services Administration (GSA) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Geological Survey (USGS) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Government Accountability Office (GAO) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| HELP Commission | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Morris K. Udall Foundation | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| National Labor Relations Board | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Office of Compliance | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Office of Government Ethics | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Office of Science and Technology Policy | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Regulatory Information Service Center | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Risk Management Agency | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Secret Service | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Superfund Basic Research Program | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Transportation Command | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Mint | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Office of Textiles and Apparel | 99.22 | 1.56 |
| Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) | 99.21 | 1.59 |
| Congressional Budget Office (CBO) | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Department of the Treasury | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Research and Innovative Technology Administration | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission | 99.20 | 6.40 |
| Court of Federal Claims | 99.20 | 4.80 |
| Bureau of Transportation Statistics | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Chief Human Capital Officers Council | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Chief Information Officers Council | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Marine Mammal Commission | 98.68 | 0.00 |
| Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) | 98.44 | 0.00 |
| National Cemetery Administration (Veterans Affairs Department) | 98.43 | 0.00 |
| Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Postal Service (USPS) | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Health and Human Services Department (HHS) | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| National Council on Disability | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Federal Transit Administration | 97.66 | 0.00 |
| National Ocean Service | 97.66 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of the Census | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 97.62 | 0.00 |
| Financial Management Service (Treasury Department) | 97.60 | 0.80 |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Defense Contract Management Agency | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Employment and Training Administration | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Federal Reserve System | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Government Printing Office (GPO) | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Trade and Development Agency | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Japan-United States Friendship Commission | 97.18 | 0.00 |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 96.88 | 0.00 |
| Defense Commissary Agency | 96.83 | 0.79 |
| Coalition Provisional Authority (in Iraq) | 96.83 | 0.00 |
| National Security Agency (NSA) | 96.80 | 0.80 |
| Armed Forces Retirement Home | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Industry and Security | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Federal Election Commission | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Marine Corps | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| National Capital Planning Commission | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Merit Systems Protection Board | 96.15 | 0.00 |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | 96.09 | 0.78 |
| Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| Office of Scientific and Technical Information | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| Patent and Trademark Office | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| Office of Personnel Management | 96.03 | 0.00 |
| Supreme Court of the United States | 96.03 | 0.00 |
| Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Joint Forces Command | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Library of Congress | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| National Credit Union Administration | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Small Business Administration (SBA) | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 95.31 | 0.78 |
| Administration for Children and Families (ACF) | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| Federal Communications Commission (FCC) | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| National Mediation Board | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Social Security Administration (SSA) | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) | 94.49 | 35.43 |
| Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) | 94.44 | 0.79 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Agency for International Development | 93.70 | 0.00 |
| Legal Services Corporation | 93.70 | 0.00 |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | 93.65 | 0.79 |
| Comptroller of the Currency Office | 93.65 | 0.00 |
| Federal Housing Finance Board | 93.65 | 0.00 |
| Botanic Garden | 93.60 | 0.80 |
| Energy Department (DOE) | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| National Guard | 92.91 | 0.00 |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 92.86 | 0.00 |
| Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Federal Labor Relations Authority | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Coast Guard | 92.13 | 0.00 |
| Joint Forces Staff College | 92.13 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Sentencing Commission | 92.00 | 5.60 |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) | 91.27 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Indian Health Service | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Economics and Statistics Administration | 90.91 | 0.91 |
| Social Security Advisory Board | 90.62 | 0.00 |
| Department of the Interior (DOI) | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Rural Development | 89.84 | 0.00 |
| Department of Labor (DOL) | 89.76 | 0.00 |
| U.S. International Trade Commission | 89.76 | 0.00 |
| Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| National Transportation Safety Board | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| White House | 88.89 | 0.00 |
| Federal Library and Information Center Committee | 88.80 | 0.00 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | 88.46 | 50.00 |
| Veterans Benefits Administration | 88.19 | 0.00 |
| Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) | 88.10 | 0.00 |
| Transportation Security Administration | 88.00 | 0.00 |
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | 86.51 | 0.00 |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | 86.51 | 0.00 |
| Endangered Species Committee | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) | 85.04 | 0.00 |
| Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia | 84.92 | 1.59 |
| Maritime Administration | 84.92 | 0.00 |
| Economic Development Administration | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| International Trade Administration (ITA) | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Office of Special Counsel | 84.25 | 0.00 |
| Commission on Civil Rights | 83.33 | 0.00 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | 83.20 | 0.00 |
| National Park Service | 82.81 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 81.75 | 0.79 |
| National Technical Information Service | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Postal Rate Commission | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Constitution Center | 80.00 | 1.60 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 80.00 | 0.00 |
| Archives (National Archives and Records Administration) | 79.37 | 0.79 |
| National Marine Fisheries | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| Migratory Bird Conservation Commission | 77.69 | 3.31 |
| Fish and Wildlife Service | 77.34 | 0.00 |
| National Weather Service | 77.17 | 0.79 |
| Copyright Office (Library of Congress) | 77.17 | 0.00 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 76.98 | 0.00 |
| House of Representatives | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Federal Financing Bank | 75.56 | 0.00 |
| AbilityOne | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Farm Credit Administration | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Court of International Trade | 74.02 | 0.00 |
| National Gallery of Art | 73.02 | 0.79 |
| House Office of the Clerk | 70.40 | 0.00 |
| American Battle Monuments Commission | 69.60 | 0.00 |
| Military Postal Service Agency | 69.05 | 1.59 |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (Justice) | 68.80 | 0.00 |
| Federal Trade Commission (FTC) | 68.75 | 0.00 |
| African Development Foundation | 68.25 | 0.00 |
| Minority Business Development Agency | 68.25 | 0.00 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 68.00 | 0.80 |
| Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | 67.57 | 0.00 |
| National Telecommunications and Information Administration | 67.20 | 0.00 |
| Overseas Private Investment Corporation | 66.67 | 1.75 |
| Forest Service | 66.40 | 0.00 |
| Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy | 66.14 | 0.00 |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | 65.87 | 0.00 |
| Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group | 63.20 | 1.60 |
| Farm Service Agency | 62.99 | 0.00 |
| Denali Commission | 62.40 | 0.00 |
| National Science Foundation | 61.11 | 0.00 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | 60.00 | 2.40 |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | 60.00 | 0.00 |
| Broadcasting Board of Governors | 58.40 | 0.00 |
| Science Office (Energy Department) | 57.60 | 0.00 |
| Program Executive Office, Ships | 56.00 | 0.00 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | 54.76 | 0.00 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | 53.17 | 0.00 |
| Defense Technical Information Center | 52.80 | 0.00 |
| Smithsonian Institution | 52.00 | 0.00 |
| Special Forces Operations Command | 50.96 | 0.00 |
| Surface Transportation Board | 50.79 | 0.00 |
| International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) | 50.40 | 0.00 |
| Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) | 50.00 | 0.00 |
| President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency | 49.60 | 0.00 |
| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) | 48.80 | 0.00 |
| National Defense University | 48.03 | 0.79 |
| Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement | 47.20 | 0.00 |
| Army | 46.83 | 1.59 |
| Minerals Management Service | 46.03 | 0.00 |
| Northwest Power Planning Council | 45.67 | 0.00 |
| Holocaust Memorial Museum | 42.86 | 0.00 |
| Stennis Center for Public Service | 41.27 | 0.00 |
| National Commission on Libraries and Information Science | 40.00 | 0.00 |
| Office of Thrift Supervision | 38.58 | 0.00 |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) | 38.10 | 0.00 |
| Energy Information Administration | 37.60 | 0.80 |
| Health Resources and Services Administration | 37.60 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) | 37.50 | 0.00 |
| Army Corps of Engineers | 36.80 | 0.00 |
| Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | 36.80 | 0.00 |
| National Counterintelligence Executive, Office of | 36.36 | 0.00 |
| European Command | 36.00 | 0.00 |
| Department of Agriculture (USDA) | 35.66 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Prisons | 35.16 | 0.00 |
| Department of Justice (DOJ) | 29.60 | 1.60 |
| Institute of Peace | 29.60 | 0.00 |
| Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) | 28.80 | 0.00 |
| Atlantic Fleet Forces Command | 28.00 | 0.00 |
| National Interagency Fire Center | 26.98 | 0.00 |
| Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | 26.40 | 0.00 |
| Director of National Intelligence | 25.40 | 0.00 |
| National Park Foundation | 23.62 | 22.05 |
| Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| National Agricultural Statistics Service | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | 23.02 | 0.79 |
| Susquehanna River Basin Commission | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | 18.90 | 0.00 |
| Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) | 18.40 | 0.00 |
| Navy | 18.25 | 0.00 |
| Civilian Radioactive Waste Management | 16.80 | 0.00 |
| Voice of America (VOA) | 16.54 | 0.00 |
| Justice Programs Office | 16.41 | 0.00 |
| Radio and TV Marti | 15.20 | 12.80 |
| Air Force | 15.08 | 0.00 |
| Fossil Energy | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | 13.39 | 0.00 |
| Department of Defense (DOD) | 13.28 | 0.00 |
| TRICARE Management | 12.70 | 0.00 |
| Federal Judicial Center | 11.81 | 0.00 |
| National Reconnaissance Office | 10.40 | 10.40 |
| National Nuclear Security Administration | 10.32 | 0.00 |
| Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| West Point (Army) | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Peace Corps | 8.80 | 0.00 |
| Selective Service System | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| Senate | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| Pacific Command | 7.14 | 0.00 |
| Medicare Payment Advisory Commission | 6.52 | 0.00 |
| Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | 6.35 | 0.79 |
| Chief Financial Officers Council | 6.35 | 0.00 |
| State Justice Institute | 5.17 | 0.00 |
| Taxpayer Advocacy Panel | 4.80 | 0.00 |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 3.97 | 0.00 |
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Export-Import Bank of the United States | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Presidio Trust | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Commission on International Religious Freedom | 3.15 | 0.00 |
| Administration on Aging (AoA) | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Defense Acquisition University | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Department of Defense Inspector General | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Foreign Agricultural Service | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Open World Leadership Center | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Agricultural Marketing Service | 2.38 | 0.00 |
| Architect of the Capitol | 2.36 | 0.00 |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | 2.36 | 0.00 |
| Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation | 1.59 | 0.00 |
| State Department | 1.59 | 0.00 |
| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | 1.57 | 0.00 |
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | 1.57 | 0.00 |
| Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services | 1.57 | 0.00 |
| Northern Command | 1.57 | 0.00 |
| Economic Research Service | 1.55 | 0.00 |
| Federal Maritime Commission | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Interagency Council on Homelessness | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Trade Representative | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Agricultural Research Service | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Arctic Research Commission | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Food Safety and Inspection Service | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Food and Nutrition Service | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Missile Defense Agency (MDA) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| National Indian Gaming Commission | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Radio Free Asia (RFA) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| U.S. Mission to the United Nations | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Vietnam Educational Foundation | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- HELP Commission
- Morris K. Udall Foundation
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
- AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
- Arctic Research Commission
- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
- Food and Nutrition Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
- Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
- National Indian Gaming Commission
- Radio Free Asia (RFA)
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations
- Vietnam Educational Foundation
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Central Command (CENTCOM)
- Citizens' Health Care Working Group
- Department of Commerce (DOC)
- Environmental Management (Energy Department)
- Inter-American Foundation
- James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
- Mississippi River Commission
- Economic Adjustment Office
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance
- Southern Command
- Strategic Command
- Technology Administration
- Washington Headquarters Services
PDF testing
43.7% 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.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| file/url/offtop None |
27.51% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
26.65% |
| file/url/badquery None |
7.65% |
| file/url/badpath None |
6.96% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
4.65% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
4.11% |
| url/fetch/exception Exception while downloading file |
3.64% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
3.18% |
| file/html/notitle None |
2.61% |
| file/html/longtitle None |
2.06% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
19.58% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
19.24% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
18.71% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
11.71% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
9.69% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
7.94% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
6.33% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
4.26% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
0.62% |
| url/fetch/moved A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received |
0.59% |