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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  September  22,  2003  Audrey  Spivack  202-  418-  0512 
 FCC  RANKED  SECOND  IN  SURVEY  OF  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  WEBSITES 
 Washington,  DC  –  For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  the  FCC’s  website  has  been  ranked  among  the  top  federal  agency  websites.  In  the  fourth  annual  e-  government  study  of  state  and 
 federal  government  websites,  researchers  at  Brown  University  have  ranked  the  FCC’s  website  (www.  fcc.  gov)  second  among  federal  agency  websites. 


 The  Taubman  Center  for  Public  Policy  at  Brown  University  and  a  team  of  researchers  examined  and  analyzed  1,603  state  sites  plus  60  federal  websites  and  evaluated  the  variety  and 
 quality  of  the  electronic  services  offered.  The  sites  were  ranked  on  a  100-  point  scale  based  on  information  and  service  availability,  quality  of  citizen  access,  and  material  that  would  help 
 citizens. 
 The  FCC  website  was  ranked  second  overall,  and  was  the  top  among  individual  government  agency  websites.  The  first  ranked  website  was  Firstgov.  gov,  the  government-  wide 
 website. 
 In  describing  best  practices  of  top  federal  websites,  the  study  said,  “"  The  FCC  ranked  2nd  in  this  year's  federal  site  e-  government  survey.  The  front  page  boasted  distinct  categories  for 
 audio/  visual  events,  commissioners,  general  information,  and  consumer  information  (including  links  to  numerous  services  and  language  options).  The  site  fulfilled  a  majority  of  the  measures 
 coded  for,  including  privacy  policy,  subscription  to  a  daily  report,  contact  information,  a  link  to  the  portal,  search  tool,  and  the  like.  The  FCC  site  was  comprehensive,  covering  a  range  of 
 services,  and  easily  accessible  to  the  visitor." 
 The  full  text  and  press  release  of  the  Brown  University  study  can  be  accessed  from  their  website  as  follows: 


 http://  www.  insidepolitics.  org/  PressRelease02us.  html  (press  release)  http://  www.  insidepolitics.  org/  egovt02us.  PDF  (full  text  of  study) 
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