NIH Web Authors Group (WAG)
Policy & Guidance on Web Site Development, Management, and Evaluation
Federal Policy & Guidance
- Digital Strategy
- 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 (CIT/OCIO)
- Guidelines for NIH Web Sites — addresses questions about creating a new NIH Web site (Office of Communications and Public Liaison)
- 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
- Plain Language Information — Tips for using plain language and links to resources
- Making Your Website Senior Friendly (PDF - 176 KB) — provides research-based guidelines for making web sites more accessible to all adults
- IT Accessibility Resources — Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards
- Content & Design Guidelines for NIH Home Page Slides — OD/OCPL/OLIB
- NIH Publications and Audiovisuals: Preparation, Review, Approval, and Distribution (#1183) — OD/OCPL
- Scientific, Technical, and Other Professional Information Presented by NIH Employees: Review, Approval, and Distribution (#1184) — OD/OCPL
- Use of NIH Names and Logos (#1186) — OD/OCPL
- Privacy Act at NIH — information from the Office of Management Assessment (OD/OMA)
- The
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (PDF
- 232 KB)
— how to
comply with protecting children's privacy online
- Public-facing Web Management Policy (#2804)— OD/OCPL
- NIH Web Privacy Policy (#2805)—OD/OCPL
Social Media Policy & Guidance
- NIH Social and New Media Policy (#2809)—OD/OCPL
- Social Media
— Howto.gov
- Guidelines for Participating in Wikipedia from NIH — Guidance from the Office of Communications and Public Liaison
- HHS
Blogging Standard
— HHS Policy and technical information
regarding the use of Blogs
- HHS Standards, Guidelines & Guidance
— HHS Policy and information regarding the use of new media
- HHS New Media
Standards and Policies
— HHS Standards and Policy from
the HHS Center for New Media
- HHS
YouTube Guidance
—HHS Standards and Policy regarding
YouTube
- HHS Center for New Media
—a
Resource center for new media tools, standards and policies and
lessons learned
- HHS-OCIO
Policy for Social Media Technologies
— Policy for the
use of social media technologies as they pertain to IT Security
- HHS Podcast Guidance
— Guidance about starting a Podcast, resources, content and publishing
Developing Your Web Site
- NIH Primary Web Contact 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
- Developing Web Sites at NIH — Official OD/OCPL Web Guidance from the On-Line Information Branch
- Improving Findability: A Guide for Web Managers at the National Institutes of Health—10 tips to make NIH more findable through search
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)
Special Interest Groups
- Web Author's Group (WAG) — Official Use
This listserv is intended for the distribution of official announcements from HHS, NIH OD, and ICs. This is not intended as a discussion listserv, but a mechanism by which official messages can be shared quickly with web leadership. Examples of such messages include important notices, data calls, and responses to requests from HHS or other agencies. Membership will be curated, with members able to send announcements by emailing [Scott Prince, Marin Allen, Julie Morton] with the information they would like shared. Material distributed to this list should be properly vetted within each IC and should not be shared outside NIH. (NIH-only access) - Web Author's Group (WAG) Nuts and Bolts
The former WAG Distribution list is now the WAG Nuts and Bolts Listserv, and is intended for informal discussions. An open listserv, all members will be allowed to solicit feedback or input, ask questions, or provide advice on appropriate WAG- related content. Members are encouraged to share best practices and lessons learned while discussing any issues or challenges that may be of value. Material distributed to this list should not be shared outside NIH. NIH Staff who are involved in web-related issues may request membership by contacting Scott Prince. (NIH-only access)
(Please note that the former WAG Outlook Distribution list (wag@od.nih.gov) has been decommissioned.) - Web Author's Group Sharepoint site (NIH-only access)
- WAG Web Metrics Work Group — this group meets to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, solutions, and product updates involving Web metrics. (NIH-only access) The WAG Web Metrics Sharepoint site is NIH-only access (group membership required—contact Scott Prince) (NIH-only access)
- Content Management Systems Workgroup — this group meets to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, solutions, and product updates involving CMS technology (NIH-only access)
- NIH's Handheld Users Group (HUG) — addresses the needs of NIH handheld device users ((NIH-only access), logon and password required)
For specific questions, email olib@od.nih.gov or call 301-435-2932.
This page last reviewed on September 18, 2012
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