Privacy and Identity Management

You can find information to help you understand the Department of Transportation’s Privacy Program here.

Plain Language Writing for the Web

At the Department of Transportation, we have a long-standing commitment to using plain language, and we see plain writing as an integral part of achieving the goals of our Open Government Plan. We work to meet the best practices of the General Services Administration Digital.gov for...

Performance Measurement and Reporting

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and our Operating Administrations use Google Analytics to capture statistics on our websites. These statistics help website managers measure and report on users, sessions, most visited pages, and more. DOT also participates in the General Service...

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 address (URL) as it is generally not indexed in search engines. The Department of Transportation (...

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.

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 created outside of the DOT or OA websites is mobile responsive/device agnostic.

Mandatory Content

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

USA.govThe DOT Privacy Program webpageThe DOT Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) webpageA webpage with the DOT organizational structure, mission, and statutory...

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 warranted.

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 made available on a timely and equitable basis. Web managers make every effort to review content...

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. Heading 2 (H2) styles use a Verdana 14-point font. The selected fonts are used consistently...

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