The diffuse and disorganized nature of the federal government web allows broken links and outdated content to abound, while doing... View Article
Continue readingNew InfoMod Appointment System Creates Confusion and Delay for Immigrants and Attorneys
USCIS replaces an overloaded online system with an overloaded phone system A new appointment system launched by United States Citizenship... View Article
Continue readingThink that Minute Details on Federal Government Websites Don’t Matter? Think Again.
Did loose grammar on a Federal Trade Commission webpage raise and then dash the hopes of millions? In 2016, the... View Article
Continue readingEnvironmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) releases new report detailing the extent of censorship of climate change-related terms on federal websites
On Monday, the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) released a new report on how the Trump administration has altered... View Article
Continue readingAccess to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act would increase accountability of agencies
On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.736, the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA). ACMRA would... View Article
Continue readingGov404 Tracker Update: New Tracker Entries Detailing Changes at the Department of the Interior and the Office of Population Affairs
Interior removed NativeOneStop.gov, a one-stop shop for Native American resources, and OPA migrated its webinar archive, orphaning most of the... View Article
Continue readingState Department Removed from Its Website Authoritative Refugee Factsheets Cited in Court Filings
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program FAQ factsheets were regular and widely-cited publications with origins that date back to the Bush... View Article
Continue readingThe Web Integrity Project’s monitoring processes reveal an increasing disparity in Spanish-language HIV/AIDs content
WIP Monitoring Analyst, Aaron Lemelin, reflects on WIP’s monitoring processes in the context of the overhaul of Centers for Disease... View Article
Continue readingOffice of Refugee Resettlement Website Alterations Foreshadowed Changes in Policies Toward Unaccompanied Children
Changes made to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) website before May 23, 2019, foreshadowed policy changes relating to unaccompanied... View Article
Continue readingRemoval of ICE Speeches Collection Demonstrates Weaknesses in Federal Agencies’ Archiving Practices
An Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture of the “Speeches and Testimonies” page from late in the evening of January 19,... View Article
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