What makes a website official?
An “official” website is a DND/CF product, created, maintained, authorized and supported by a DND organization (e.g., a branch or directorate) or a CF unit or formation (e.g., a regiment, a battalion, a ship, a squadron, a wing, a base, a brigade). An official site must comply with all government-wide and departmental policies relevant to publishing in general and the Internet in particular, and the person at the head of the sponsoring organization (Commanding Officer, Director-General, Director) is responsible for the website and all its content. The ownership (Crown or commercial) of the server that hosts the site is irrelevant to its status. Sites created and maintained by DND employees, CF members or other individuals associated with DND and the CF, but not authorized and supported by a DND/CF organization, are not official websites and must not be presented as such. If you are a DND/CF user with access to DIS or DWAN, visit the Internet Publishing FAQ page for information on creat
