{"id":403,"date":"2023-01-12T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:30:07","slug":"web-policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standards-and-policies\/web-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Web policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:20%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:9.6%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:9.6%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-paragraph\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:2rem;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><p class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" 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class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standards-and-policies\/document-types\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Document types<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-207\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-207 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"207\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standards-and-policies\/video-audio-and-multimedia\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Video, Audio, and Multimedia<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-395\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-395 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"395\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standards-and-policies\/style-guide\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Style guide<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 content\"><p>VA is committed to providing quality information and service to Veterans, family members and stakeholders on our website(s).<\/p>\n<p>We are required to honor the rules that govern all VA web activities. This includes posting links to specific types of information as required by law and posting other links on VA web pages deemed appropriate because they serve VA\u2019s mission and are relevant and useful to VA website visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Required links that must appear on the all pages are posted below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/contact-us\/ask-va\/category-topic-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask VA<\/a> must be used to provide a digital customer service, &#8220;Contact Us&#8221; on all public-facing content.   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standard-va-web-disclaimers\/\">Disclaimer<\/a>\u2013Pertains to references on VA\u2019s website to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, and that those references do not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States government. Required on all pages in lieu of repeating the same statements on pages with external links or possible endorsement implications.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standards-and-policies\/va-website-warning-notice\/\">Warning Notice<\/a>\u2013A notice regarding the intended and authorized use of a VA website.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn more about Section 508\" href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.va.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 508 Accessibility<\/a>\u2013Pertains to the requirement to make online information and services fully available to individuals with disabilities.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn more about HTTPS\" href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/privacy\/privacy-program-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Security Protocols to Protect Information<\/a>\u2013Pertains to providing a secure environment for exchanging information between VA, Veterans, and other website patrons.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn more about Information Quality\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2002\/02\/22\/R2-59\/guidelines-for-ensuring-and-maximizing-the-quality-objectivity-utility-and-integrity-of-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Quality<\/a>\u2013Pertains to the requirement that information provided by VA on its websites be complete and accurate to the maximum extent possible.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View the Checklist of Federal Digital Services Requirements\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.gov\/resources\/checklist-of-requirements-for-federal-digital-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Rights, Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Laws<\/a>\u2013Pertains to using copyrighted, patented, or trademarked information.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn how to avoid weak links\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.gov\/guides\/plain-language\/design\/links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avoid Weak &#8216;Links&#8217; in Your Digital Chain<\/a>\u2013Pertains to links to non-<abbr title=\"Department of Veterans Affairs\">VA<\/abbr> websites for information or authoritative sources.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn more about FOIA\" href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/foia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)<\/a>\u2013FOIA provides that any person has a right to access to Federal agency records, except to the extent that such records are protected from release by a FOIA exemption or special law enforcement record exclusion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/ormdi\/NOFEAR_Select.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No FEAR Act Complaints Data (No Fear Act)<\/a>\u2013Requires all federal agencies to post summary statistical data pertaining to employment discrimination complaints filed by employees, former employees, and applicants for employment. Posting of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data on agency public websites is intended to assist Congress, federal agencies, and the public on assessing whether (and the extent to which) agencies are fulfilling their EEO responsibilities.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Learn more about the Act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/orpm\/Regulatory_Flexibility_Act.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulatory Flexibility Act (Small Business)<\/a>\u2013VA will properly consider the impact of its rulemaking activities on small entities.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View current significant guidance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/orpm\/VA_Guidance_Documents.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VA\u2019s Significant Guidance Documents<\/a> \u2013 A list of VA  significant guidance documents.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Visit regulations.gov\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulations.gov<\/a> \u2013 Portal for federal rulemaking allowing the public to find, review, and submit comments on federal documents that are open for comment and published in the <em>Federal Register<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/5759\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21st Century IDEA<\/a> &#8211; Aims to improve the digital experience for government customers and reinforces existing requirements for federal public websites. <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/office-of-information-and-technology\/reference-library\/\">View the VA reports<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:16px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left awb-responsive-type__disable\" style=\"margin:0;\">Website URLs<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 content\"><p>All VA-owned websites and web-based applications hosted within VA-controlled infrastructure must use a *.va.gov Uniform Resource Locator(URL). Where possible, websites and web-based applications hosted in commercially controlled infrastructure should use a *.va.gov or *.gov URL for public access.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:16px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left awb-responsive-type__disable\" style=\"margin:0;\">Websites and web-based applications that require a VA.gov address<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 content\"><ul>\n<li>Websites and web-based applications hosted on infrastructure owned and managed by VA (on-site).<\/li>\n<li>Websites and web-based applications hosted on VA-managed cloud infrastructure (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure).<\/li>\n<li>VA-managed websites and web-based applications hosted on cloud infrastructure managed by others on behalf of VA (e.g., WordPress VIP).<\/li>\n<li>Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service\u00a0 (PaaS) solutions that have VA branding and are intended for public use.<\/li>\n<li>SaaS and PaaS solutions intended for internal use that provide capabilities to use a custom VA.gov URL (e.g., ServiceNow).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:16px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left awb-responsive-type__disable\" style=\"margin:0;\">Websites and web-based applications that do not require a VA.gov address<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 content\"><ul>\n<li>Any solution given a written exemption by the VA Chief Information Officer.<\/li>\n<li>Joint programs with other government organizations.<\/li>\n<li>SaaS and PaaS solutions used by VA, but with an infrastructure not managed by VA in any way. This includes third-party services that can make information available to VA clinical staff (e.g., No VA data applications and services), social media, and email marketing.<\/li>\n<li>SaaS and PaaS solutions intended for internal use (not Veteran facing) that cannot provide a VA.gov URL (e.g., Microsoft 365, Box.com, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Websites, web-based applications, and social media platforms with an infrastructure not VA owned and operated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All VA URLs must include the host portion \u2014 www (internet) or vaww (intranet). These can be used in tandem with \u201cnaked domains\u201d (those without www or vaww) but solely using \u201cnaked domains\u201d is not allowed. All \u201cnaked domains\u201d will redirect to the www or vaww version as the authoritative URL.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:16px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left awb-responsive-type__disable\" style=\"margin:0;\">Using content from non-government sources<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 content\"><p>VA internal and external websites may not repost complete articles, content, images, or other intellectual property from non-federal government sources without permission. VA websites will only use original, VA-authored or co-authored articles, or contracted content, or articles from other government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Original articles may include hyperlinks to non-government articles if proper link <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standard-va-web-disclaimers\/\">disclaimers<\/a> are provided. The only exception to this requirement would be articles originally produced by VA that appear on a non-government website first (e.g., Medium, Nextgov, etc.), provided no changes have been made to the original material and credit is given to the VA author.<\/p>\n<p>Links to external articles or pages can be used provided the material has been checked for accuracy and does not contradict or confuse readers regarding VA policy. Again, link <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/web-governance\/standard-va-web-disclaimers\/\">disclaimers<\/a> must be included on the page.<\/p>\n<p>This update is in effect for all articles created on or after August 27, 2020. Articles created prior to this date should be reviewed and updated if possible. 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