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Web Management Guidelines

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Web site receives millions of visits each year and is a popular gateway to hundreds of Web pages and documents on energy efficiency and renewable energy. The prominence of the EERE Web site, coupled with our need to promote EERE's key messages and provide users with up-to-date information, requires us to have a professional presence that our customers can recognize. To this end, we have developed standards and guidelines for developing all EERE sites.

All Web sites (including programs, subsites, and office sites) funded by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy should follow these standards. The Web Management Guidelines in this section should be used in conjunction with the Web Content Guidelines and the Web Technical Guidelines.

The standards and guidelines will evolve as new needs are raised. Contact the Web Template Coordinator for questions about your particular site.

The Web Management Guidelines cover the following topics:

Content Analysis

Describes how content analysis can improve a site and provides an example of an analysis.

Domains and URLs

Covers requirements for the URLs of EERE program and partnership sites.

Maintenance Plans

Outlines maintenance plans requirements for EERE sites.

Process and Approvals for Development of EERE Web Sites

All EERE Web sites being developed must go through the review and approval process outlines here.

Project Charters

Provides project charter requirements and a template for developing a charter.

Web Site Publication Priorities and Schedules

Outlines the priorities and schedules for making information available and accessible on the EERE Web site.

Roles and Responsibilities

Covers the main components of Web site management, including site governance, content development, technical coordination, system administration, and hosting.

Statistics

Information on capturing statistics on your Web site.