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Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines - Current Research-Based Guidelines on Web Design and Usability Issues. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006.

Introduction.

"The Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines (Guidelines) were developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with the U.S. General Services Administration. This new edition of the Guidelines updates the original set of 187 guidelines, and adds 22 new ones. Many of the guidelines were edited, and numerous new references have been added. There are now 209 guidelines.

The Guidelines were developed to assist those involved in the creation of Web sites to base their decisions on the most current and best available evidence. The Guidelines are particularly relevant to the design of information-oriented sites, but can be applied across the wide spectrum of Web sites.

The primary audiences for the Guidelines are Web site managers, designers, and others involved in the creation or maintenance of Web sites. A secondary audience is researchers who investigate Web design issues. This resource will help researchers determine what research has been conducted, and where little or no research exists."

HHS created this set of guidelines for several reasons:

1. To create better and more usable health and human service Web sites...

2. To provide quantified, peer-reviewed Web site design guidelines. This resource does not exist anywhere else...

3. To stimulate research into areas that will have the greatest influence on the creation of usable Web sites...

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Updated Web Design and Usability Guidelines to Improve Government Web Sites. Government Technology, October 31, 2006. "HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced the publication of the 2006 edition of the popular Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines. Based on the latest research, the Guidelines now include over 40 new or updated guidelines and have become a primary resource for government and other web communicators. The updated guide is being published by HHS in partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA)..."

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