030110: Content that is obscene, misleading or offensive to any ethnic group, gender, accepted religion, culture or to any tradition of Sri Lanka should not be included in government web sites. 030111: All important government policies, Acts, Regulations, Notifications, Circulars and forms should be made available through the relevant government web site and other appropriate electronic means. 030112: The language used in government websites must be simple, clear, unambiguous and easy to understand. 030113: There should be no linking to political sites from government sites. 030114: Whenever a website of a Government institution facilitates commercial advertisements, they should not be contrary in Government policies. Competition should not be restricted. The content of these advertisements should not be prejudicial to the dignity and the good name of the Government and the institution. All commercial advertisements should be personally approved by the Head of the institution. 030115: Government organizations should use their web sites as a means of promoting transparency by publishing information on the web. 030116: Government organization’s web sites should be interactive as far as possible, and requests for information made through web sites should be responded to as soon as possible after the receipt of the request. 030117: Government organizations should ensure sufficient security for their web sites to ensure the integrity of the information made available and to prevent unauthorized modifications, amendments, deletions, and other malicious attacks. 030118: Government organizations should post documents; i.e. circulars, publications, white papers etc, on their web sites in standard portable document format for web (e.g. PDF files) with appropriate security settings to prevent unauthorized modifications. 030119: Government organizations should make their web sites accessible to the disabled, and adhere to the guidelines given in the latest version of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. 030120: The web browser should be adopted by government organizations as the key interface for access of government information systems; other interfaces to be used if necessary in addition to browser-based ones 030121: Contact information: All government websites should publish all possible contact information of the organization comprising email address, phone and fax numbers and office address and contact person / designation. 030122: Copyright and Disclaimer notice: A notice on copyright and a disclaimer stating that all materials provided on government sites are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, 16

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