COMDTINST 5230.62
information intended to serve Coast Guard employees. The Internet presence is intended
primarily for sharing information with the public or interacting with the external world. This
does not mean that information intended for Coast Guard employees cannot be on the Internet,
but if it is, security and privacy concerns must be dealt with carefully. If employee access from
home is desired, one practical and secure solution is to use an Extranet approach, such as the
approved remote access system.
d. Accessibility. All Internet and Intranet web pages shall comply with the provisions of reference
(g). Web Content Managers shall ensure that persons with disabilities have access to Web
services and information comparable to that of persons without disabilities. The Coast Guard
CIO will publish supplemental implementation guidance, with references to helpful sources.
e. Links.
(1) Links from pages outside the Coast Guard are authorized in support of valid business
objectives. Links may not endorse a particular non-Governmental product or service or
provide preferential treatment. When selecting an external link, the user shall be presented
with the following message:
"Links from these pages (or "this page" on a specific page of links) to non-Coast
Guard sites are provided as a customer service and do not represent any implicit or
explicit endorsement by the United States Coast Guard of any commercial or private
issues or products presented there."
(2) Links on Internet sites to Intranet sites are specifically prohibited, since security provisions
to protect the Coast Guard data network would render these links "broken." Links
embedded in documents posted to the Internet are exempted but should be avoided if
practicable.
(4) No payment of any kind shall be accepted to provide a link on any Coast Guard Web page to
another web page or to provide specific content on a Coast Guard web page.
f. Hosting Services. All Coast Guard Internet web sites shall be hosted on a Coast Guard or
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Internet web server unless an alternative ".gov" or
".mil" domain is approved by the CIO. All Coast Guard Intranet web sites shall be hosted on CIO
approved Coast Guard Intranet servers. This excludes Web-based special use applications (see
definition in paragraph 6.e.) which have been approved to be hosted on a separate servers via the
IT Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) processes. Requests to host on other servers,
use other primary domains, or implement an Extranet must be approved by the CIO. Waiver
requests shall be submitted to the WAB. A compelling justification will be required and security
concerns will be paramount. If approved, the Telecommunications and Information Systems
Command (TISCOM), under the direction of the Director of C4, will process the appropriate
Domain Name Server (DNS) change requests.
g. Information Dissemination. All organizational components publishing information to the Web
shall ensure that the content posted is within their purview and that they have authority to publish
it. This constitutes release of information to the public, which is governed by the policies
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