Section 207(f)(2) of the E-Government Act of 2002 requires federal agencies to develop an inventory of information to be published on their websites, establish a schedule for publishing information, make those schedules available for public comment, and post the schedules and priorities on the website. In preparing this inventory, we identified our audience and the type of information they want through website data; search requests; feedback from customer service inquiries, Web survey, and Freedom of Information Act requests; and reports and recommendations from usability studies and various internal working groups.
In addition to the information listed above, we identified information that, as a regulatory agency, we are required by law or official directive to make available, plus other information which dissemination is crucial to ensure public safety, national security or the implementation of our mission-critical operations. In developing the inventory we also assumed that if any of our information was of interest to the general public, and there were no national security, law enforcement, legal or privacy issues that prohibit its publication (see FOIA exemptions), then that information should be posted and listed on the inventory.
Web Publication Schedules
TTB’s Web managers work with program offices to ensure that we post as much information as needed on our website. In addition we use Web analytics tools, user feedback, and customer service inquiries to routinely evaluate the site to ensure we are addressing the needs of our public and the industry members we serve. Based on that evaluation, we intend to publish the information listed in the schedule below.
If new information becomes available at TTB that is important to the public, we are committed to putting it on our website. If you have suggestions for additional information we should have on TTB’s main website (www.ttb.gov) please let us know.
| Item | Planned Action | Estimated Date of Publication | Web Publication Priority |
| Homepage | Restructuring of the homepage including moving commodity tabs to the left, moving news features to another section and making the business tools more prominent, and adding links to TTB Online applications. | End of FY16 | 3 |
| Formulation and Labeling Guidance | Better directions and guidance on how to obtain labeling and formula approval including new Web pages and training guides. | End of FY16 | 2 |
Web Publication Priorities
When new or additional content becomes available, we will publish it on the website in the order of the following publication priorities recommended in the implementation guidance associated with Section 207(f):
- Priority 1: required by law, regulation, Presidential directive, or other official directive or to ensure national security
- Priority 2: mission-critical and essential for program operations, but not required by law, regulation, or Presidential directive (that is, information or services that are directly tied to an agency's mission and/or strategic plan)
- Priority 3: frequently requested information or services that would improve business processes and/or customer service to the public (for example, most commonly used forms, documents, applications, transactions, etc.).
- Priority 4: other information
- If information fits in two or more priorities, we will assign it priority 1.
| Category of Information | Category Description | Examples of Content | Web Publication Priority |
| Regulatory Documents | Official documents generated as a result of, and in the process of, adopting rules to implement the laws Congress passes affecting the alcohol and tobacco, industries |
| 1 |
| Required Information and Links | Information, links, documents and disclaimers required by law or presidential/official directives |
| 1 |
| Mission-Critical Information | Information and documents that are essential for program operations and tied directly to the TTB mission |
| 2 |
| Time-sensitive or Periodic Information and Notices | Information and tools to keep the public informed about what’s going at TTB and to keep a steady flow of the information added to site |
| 2 |
| Agency and Administrative Information | Information and documents that describe the functions and organization of the agency |
| 3 |
| Frequently Requested and Public Service Information | Information and tools that improve the business processes and/or customer service to the public |
| 3 |
| Public Feedback/Input | Information and tools that allow the public to interact and do business with TTB and, when appropriate, the information resulting from those interactions |
| 3 |
| E-Filing and Records | Information, tools, and user guides for the submission, processing, tracking, and searching of TTB e-filing transactions, and the information collected and presented in those processes |
| |
| Reports, Studies, Papers, and Technical Information and Data | Detailed technical, academic, statistical and analytical information relating to the alcohol and tobacco industries |
| 4 |
| Opinions, Commentary, Recommendations | Information that serves the shape or influence the issues that come before the Administrator |
| 4 |