• New Zealand Government Web Standards 2.0

• New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0
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    • 6.1 Agency sites provide publicly available reports
    • 6.2 Agency sites provide consultation documents
    • 6.3 Agency sites provide press notices from the agency
    • 6.4 Agency sites provide mandatory email addresses
    • Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
    • 6.5 Superseded material is marked as superseded
    • 6.6 Paid advertising not hosted on a site
    • Recommendation 6.1.2 Paper-based forms provided by an agency are made available on its web site
    • Recommendation 6.1.3 Agency sites provide contact details for specific policy or services
    • Recommendation 6.1.5 Avoid the usage of underscores in URLs
    • Recommendation 6.1.6 Discovery-level URLs are descriptive and less than 50 characters long
    • Recommendation 6.1.7 Plan in place to ensure material on the website is accurate and up to date
    • Recommendation 6.1.8 Disclaiming content
    • Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
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Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed

The Recommendation

Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed.

Agencies make media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed, and submit that feed to the all-of-government portal. Refer to your communications department, legal teams or representative to determine what these documents are for your agency.

Guide to this recommendation

This recommendation is complementary to standard 6.2 requiring agencies to provide consultation documents on their web site. However, it is not restricted to consultation documents; media releases for the agency are also requested to be included.

Refer to http://www.e.govt.nz/standards/e-gif/rss/rss-starter-kit/index.html for information about how to submit feeds to the all-of-government portal.

Related Standards

6.1 - Agency sites provide publicly available reports

6.2 - Agency sites provide consultation documents

Rationale for this recommendation

Accessibility to government information is enhanced if users are able to access and/or search the information in one place or from one source.

For further detail refer http://www.e.govt.nz/standards/e-gif/rss