Federal Government Information Technology

Some federal websites are honor students but most are failing, finds third-party audit

Federal Times: If the government had a minivan, it would not get to display many proud parent stickers on the bumper when it comes to its websites.

Federal sites scored next-to-worst in combined consumer protection, security and privacy protection practices in the 2017 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll, an analysis of approximately 1,000 predominantly consumer-facing websites conducted yearly by the Online Trust Alliance, a trade organization promoting Internet development.

With only 39 percent of the top 100 federal sites making the honor roll, and 60 percent receiving a failing grade, the government sector only fared better than the FDIC 100 banks sector (which had 65-percent failing grades).

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