B.  They are very important in getting everyone working on the same page and keeping 

us working together to make each site work for our users. 

A review of the roles and responsibilities include: (1) to subscribe to the basic template 

designed by the National GACC Website Committee, (2) responsible for development of 

their site, (3) choose to host site on the FAMWEB server or a local agency server, (4) is 

responsible for the maintenance of the GACC site, especially for 508 compliance, (5) 

acquisition of appropriate Secure Socket File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software, (6) 

inform the National GACC Website Committee of the GACC primary lead or contact 

person, and (7) keep the NGWC of any issues of concern related to the template. 

Of these roles and responsibilities, the first four need a little more explanation:

Number 1: To subscribe to the basic template  

The overall intent of this project is that in the end, all of the GACC sites have a 

similar look and feel to make it easier for visitors to find the product they are 

looking for no matter what GACC they are visiting.  Therefore, adhering to the 

standardized template is essential. 

Number 2: Responsible for development of their site   

This means the GACC will decide on who will actually do the work to build the 

new site using the template standards.  The choice for the GACC is to use 

internal resources (i.e. a person on the GACC staff, a local computer specialist 

from the GACC or host agency, or a detailer) or external resources (i.e. contract 

with a local Web Development Service), and all costs associated with 

development will be borne by the GACC.  

If done internally, a number of software packages (i.e. Macromedia 

Dreamweaver, MS FrontPage, etc) are available to build the website.  

Macromedia Dreamweaver is the preferred software since it was the software 

used to build the current template and it offers the best means for developing a 

site that can be viewed in any browser.  In addition, by using similar software, 

technical problems can be resolved much easier if working with the National 

GACC Website Committee and many other GACC web managers. 

Number 3: Choose to host site on a centralized server or a local agency server  

This means GACCs will have the choice of hosting their site on a centralized 

server or an agency server.  More information is available in Section 6 pertaining 

to hosting your site on the centralized server.  The NGWC encourages all 

GACCs to consider hosting their site on the centralized server since this will 

eventually provide a single user domain or URL for all GACC sites. 

Number 4:  is responsible for the maintenance of the GACC site  

More than anything, this means that in the end the GACC site must adhere to the 

established Federal government standards for website accessibility.  Specifics on 

Section 508 website accessibility standards are located in Appendix 2. 

National GACC Website and GACC Website Template  

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  Implementation Guidelines