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www.cms.gov: Web standards & metadata — week 2026-W35

Web standards & metadata

Web-standards, metadata, and security checks in the spirit of ScanGov (methodology CC0), run across our scan rather than only the homepage.

Share of checked pages passing each standard (lowest first).
StandardPass ratePages
hreflang alternates declared0%0/2020
Open social presence (Mastodon/Bluesky) linked0%0/2020
Open Graph tags (0/6)3%58/2020
Twitter card metadata3%58/2020
schema.org GovernmentOrganization markup6%113/2020
Canonical URL declared44%886/2020
Meta description present69%1393/2020
Character encoding declared93%1885/2020
Document language (lang) set93%1885/2020
Responsive viewport (zoom not disabled)93%1885/2020
Page has a <title>100%2020/2020

across 2020 page(s)

No Mastodon/Bluesky links detected on checked pages.

Progressive Web Resilience across 2020 page(s)

Capabilities that keep the site useful under real-world conditions — unreliable connectivity, interrupted sessions, mobile install. Not a compliance score: each row is independent evidence.

Progressive Web Resilience signals (lowest pass rate first).
CapabilityResultWhy it mattersEvidence
Web app manifest declared ✗ 0/2020 pages A web app manifest is required for installability and controls how the app appears when launched. —
Service worker registered ✗ 0/2020 pages A service worker is what makes offline access, caching, and background sync possible. —
Theme color declared ✗ 1/2020 pages Theme color controls the browser chrome/status-bar color when the site is installed or bookmarked. #000000
Manifest fetched and parsed successfully ✗ 0/2020 pages A manifest that fails to parse cannot drive installability or launch behavior even if the link is present. No manifest declared
Manifest declares a maskable icon ✗ 0/2020 pages A maskable icon lets the OS safely crop/mask the app icon on different device shapes without clipping content. No manifest declared
Service worker is active (not just registered) ✗ 0/2020 pages An active service worker (not just registered) is what actually intercepts requests and serves cached content. —
Service worker controls this page load ✗ 0/2020 pages A controlling service worker means THIS page load is being served/intercepted, not just a future one. —
Meets basic installability criteria ✗ 0/2020 pages Determines whether the browser can realistically offer "Add to Home Screen" / install, based on manifest + service worker + HTTPS together. no readable web app manifest; no service worker registered
Apple touch icon (iOS/bookmark icon) ~ 886/2020 pages iOS uses this icon for home-screen bookmarks and "Add to Home Screen" — without it the icon falls back to a screenshot. —
HTTPS (required for service workers) ✓ 2020/2020 pages HTTPS is required for service workers and most install prompts. —