Policy:
The home page of every organization listed in the Scope section below shall identify that it is part of the Department of Commerce and link to the Department's home page.
Scope:
Bureau of the Census: http://www.census.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/
Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.bea.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://www.noaa.gov/
Bureau of Industry and Security: http://www.bis.doc.gov/
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
Economic Development Administration: http://www.eda.gov/
National Technical Information Service: http://www.ntis.gov/
Economics and Statistics Administration: http://www.esa.doc.gov/
Office of the Inspector General: http://www.oig.doc.gov/
International Trade Administration: http://trade.gov/
Patent and Trademark Office: http://www.uspto.gov/
Minority Business Development Administration: http://www.mbda.gov/
Purpose:
To identify these high level organizations as part of the Department of Commerce, while allowing flexibility and creativity in the development of Web pages/Web sites.
Exceptions:
None
Deadline for Implementation:
August 11, 2000
Discussion:
There is no requirement that the Department of Commerce Seal appear on the home page for these Web sites; nor does this policy spell out how, nor where on the page, the identifier should appear. These kinds of decisions are left up to the individual Operating Units.
Revision History:
February 5, 2008: Corrected formatting; Removed Technology Administration from Scope section because organization no longer exists.
June 9, 2000: Approved. |
