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sec.gov mobile page speed rank

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Mobile Speed Bad
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sec.gov mobile page usability

Last tested: 2018-02-03


Mobile Usability Good
98/100

sec.gov Mobile Usability Test Quick Summary


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Errors

Bad value “revision” for attribute “rel” on element “link”: The string “revision” is not a registered keyword.

Line: 18 Column: 1 - 45
".../2431" /> <link rel="revision" href="/page/homepage" /> <scri..."

Bad value “Cache-Control” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

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"...l" /> <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"> <..."

Bad value “Pragma” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

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"...ate"> <meta http-equiv="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <..."

Bad value “Expires” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

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"...che"> <meta http-equiv="Expires" CONTENT="-1"> <..."

Element “container” not allowed as child of element “body” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

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"...ript> <container> <div ..."

The “center” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

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End tag “div” seen, but there were open elements.

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Unclosed element “span”.

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Duplicate ID “table_paging”.

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No space between attributes.

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"... id="section-3"class="hp-secti..."

Bad value “off-canvas” for attribute “role” on element “section”.

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"...ntainer> <section role="off-canvas"> </se..."

The “aria-labelledby” attribute must point to an element in the same document.

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"... </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-secgov-account-menu-menu" id="block-secgov-account-menu"> ..." Line: 1656 Column: 1 - 91
"... </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-secgov-footer-menu" id="block-secgov-footer"> ..."

Warnings

The “textbox” role is unnecessary for an “input” element that has no “list” attribute and whose type is “text”.

Line: 64 Column: 253 - 478
"...earch" /> <input aria-autocomplete="list" aria-haspopup="true" autocomplete="off" class="usagov-search-autocomplete ui-autocomplete-input" id="global-search-box" name="query" role="textbox" tabindex="4" title="Search for" type="text" /> <span..." Line: 556 Column: 7 - 230
"...h"> <input aria-autocomplete="list" aria-haspopup="true" autocomplete="off" class="usagov-search-autocomplete ui-autocomplete-input" id="mobile-search-box" name="query" role="textbox" tabindex="4" title="Search for" type="text"> ..."

The “navigation” role is unnecessary for element “nav”.

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"... </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-secgov-account-menu-menu" id="block-secgov-account-menu"> ..." Line: 1656 Column: 1 - 91
"... </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-secgov-footer-menu" id="block-secgov-footer"> ..."

Section lacks heading. Consider using “h2”-“h6” elements to add identifying headings to all sections.

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"...ge"> <section role="header"> ..." Line: 581 Column: 4 - 35
"... <section id="hero" class="hero"> <div..." Line: 341 Column: 5 - 28
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"...ion> <section role="footer"> ..." Line: 1730 Column: 1 - 27
"...ntainer> <section role="off-canvas"> </se..."

The “complementary” role is unnecessary for element “aside”.

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"...> <aside class="message section clearfix" role="complementary"> ..." Line: 346 Column: 9 - 54
"...> <aside class="local-nav" role="complementary"> ..."

Empty heading.

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The first occurrence of ID “table_paging” was here.

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The “name” attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an “id” attribute on the nearest container instead.

Line: 942 Column: 35 - 53
"...body"><h2><a name="section2"></a>We..."

Article lacks heading. Consider using “h2”-“h6” elements to add identifying headings to all articles.

Line: 573 Column: 1 - 104
"... <article data-history-node-id="2431" class="node node--type-landing_page node--view-mode-full clearfix"> ..."

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