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Domains and Branding

Domains

The primary way users quickly determine if they are on an official U.S. government website is to look for the .gov or .mil designation as part of the domain name...

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Empty Pages ("Under Construction")

New Department of Transportation (DOT) or Operating Administration (OA) webpages, revisions to page sections, and/or applications are not published, i.e., available to public access, until cleared...

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External Link Icon and Disclaimer

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration (OA) websites have links to many other federal agencies, and in a few cases we link to private organizations. We indicate when a...

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Font Size and Typeface

The Department of Transportation (DOT) website uses a Verdana 10-point (or larger) font for standard text and links on all web pages. Heading 1 (H1) styles use a TrebuchetMS 22-point font. ...

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Information Quality

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administrations(OA's) strive to provide web content that is accurate, relevant, easy-to-use, conveyed in plain language, and...

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Lists: Bulleted vs. Numbered

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administrations (OA's) use bulleted lists to present items of equal status or value, and numbered lists if a particular order to the items is...

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Mandatory Content

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration websites include required links to the following information:

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Mobile Device/Agnostic

All content created on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Operating Administration (OA) websites are mobile responsive/device agnostic.  However, we cannot guarantee that content...

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Open Data, Open Government, Open Content

The Department of Transportation and our Operating Administrations are committed to openness and engagement. You can learn more about our Open Government Plan here.

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Orphan Pages

An orphan page is a page of a website which does not point to any link from another site. The only way to access an orphan web page is to know its...