Standards

1. GILS is mandated by law, OMB Bulletin 95-01.
    
2. Search engine must be compliant to Z.3950 (library card regulations).

Guidelines

1. Agencies should ensure that a GILS record is created for each agency’s WWW site that identifies WWW retrievable information.
    
2. Reference the HHS World Wide Web Applications and the Internet Best Practices and Guidelines, http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/oirm/bestguid.html for additional information.