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About Committee Members Website Evaluations Good Sites Criteria Submission Form Accessibility Issues Bibliography Presentations Frequently Asked Questions Information for Committee Members Calendar Sub-Committees Reports Minutes Past Members		Executive Branch Website Evaluation Criteria Updated May 2005 Members of the Access to Eectronic Legal Information Committee have developed tailored sets of criteria for evaluating legal and government information at government web sites. The criteria sets include the "General Evaluation Criteria for All Web Sites Providing Legal Information" and four other criteria sets that provide "Evaluation Criteria Specific to Judicial,  Legislative, Executive Branch, and Local Government Web Sites."   CONTENT Primary Documents The site should contain the full range of primary legal documents specific to the executive branch. In general, the primary materials should include a date stamp as to when they were uploaded, active hyperlinks to other documents cited in the documents, and historical notes containing such information as superceded language, when an item was enacted, and when it went into effect. Ideally, the site should provide the opportunity for a user to receive an email notification of new content. Also, the site should contain information as to how often the primary materials are updated-both in print and on the web. Administrative Code – (in its entirety and in one place, indexed and searchable, with access to superceded provisions as well) Administrative Regulations – (indexed and searchable) Administrative Decisions – (indexed and searchable) Executive Orders – (indexed and searchable) Constitutions – (State or Federal, ideally with case annotations, indexed and searchable) Register or update list for publication of new administrative rules and regulations Agency interpretations of rules and regulations Links to other branch's primary documents (statutes, cases, etc.) Other Documents The site should contain the full range of other types of documents: Annual Agency Reports Press Releases Public Notices Online Forms Additional Content The site should provide as much additional content as possible: A description of the mission, purpose or executive function of the executive branch as a whole as well as for each individual agency Biographical information for important people Contact Information (phone, address, and email) Online registrations, licenses and renewals to the extent possible Election and Voting information "How To Guides" to accomplish certain tasks that involve executive branch agencies Would you like to suggest other criteria that the Committee should consider? Please email the Committee Chairperson, Richard Matthews at: tcoggins@richmond.edu
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