Common Look and Feel

The Government of Canada’s Common Look and Feel (CLF) standard is defined by the Chief Information Officer Branch (CIOB) of the Treasury Board Secretariat and evaluated through the "Effectiveness of Information Technology Management"[1] element of the Management Accountability Framework (a balanced score-card approach to measuring management practices across all federal departments and agencies).

This standard governs branding, usability & accessibility standards for government departments on the internet.

In 2000, the Canadian CLF 1.0 standard was implemented and government departments had almost two years to make their sites compliant.

In 2007, the Canadian CLF standard was revised and a 2.0 version was released.[2] Organizations were given two years to comply.

This standard comprises the following four elements[2]:

Future

With various concerns having been raised over problems created by the CLF requirements,[4][5] future versions[6] of the standard may see significant changes.[7]

The CLF 2.0 standard is being updated to:

References

  1. ^ http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/indicators-indicateurs/2009/stewardship-gerance/stewardship-gerance-eng.asp
  2. ^ a b "Common Look and Feel for the Internet 2.0". Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp. Retrieved 2010-03-22. 
  3. ^ WCAG 1.0
  4. ^ "Everyone hates CLF". http://usability4government.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/everyone-hates-clf/. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  5. ^ "Thoughts on CLF 3.0 From Outside the Firewall...". 2010-03-21. http://ampli2de.com/uxblog/index.php?itemid=40. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  6. ^ "Common Look and Feel for the Internet is being updated". 2010-06-02. http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/12msg-eng.asp. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  7. ^ Thomas J Bradley (2009-08-27). "A Proposal for CLF 3.0". http://thomasjbradley.ca/blog/proposal-for-clf-3. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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