• New Zealand Government Web Standards 2.0

• New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0
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    • 6.1 Agency sites provide publicly available reports
    • 6.2 Agency sites provide consultation documents
    • 6.3 Agency sites provide press notices from the agency
    • 6.4 Agency sites provide mandatory email addresses
    • Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
    • 6.5 Superseded material is marked as superseded
    • 6.6 Paid advertising not hosted on a site
    • Recommendation 6.1.2 Paper-based forms provided by an agency are made available on its web site
    • Recommendation 6.1.3 Agency sites provide contact details for specific policy or services
    • Recommendation 6.1.5 Avoid the usage of underscores in URLs
    • Recommendation 6.1.6 Discovery-level URLs are descriptive and less than 50 characters long
    • Recommendation 6.1.7 Plan in place to ensure material on the website is accurate and up to date
    • Recommendation 6.1.8 Disclaiming content
    • Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
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Recommendation 6.1.7 Plan in place to ensure material on the website is accurate and up to date

The Recommendation

Recommendation 6.1.7 - Plan in place to ensure material on the website is accurate and up-to-date. A plan is expected to be in place to ensure material on the web site is accurate and up-to-date.

Guide to this recommendation

Online publishing is fully integrated into the agency’s information processes. For example, you have a workflow process for approving and publishing online material.

It should be noted that this extends to any document intended to be posted on the web (principally for download purposes), as well as straight content.

It is imperative that as much effort as possible be given to the management of style, quality and correctness of content on a par with any other medium (such as printed matter) an agency utilises for disseminating information.

Rationale for this recommendation

Good quality and informational correctness of content supports the NZ Government Public Service value of Integrity.

Conversely, poor quality of content and/or incorrect information degrades the integrity of a site, frustrates users and reflects likewise on the agency and the NZ Government.