U.S. Access Board: checking the real entry through an authoritative directory

What the directory explicitly identifies

The USAGov agency directory lists the U.S. Access Board and points its Website entry to https://www.access-board.gov/. This guide cites that name-to-website relationship, not search ranking, visual appearance or a single successful connection.

Sources for this section：USAGov · U.S. General Services Administration

Turn finding a website into checking the same real organization

Read the complete institutional name from the cited source first, then inspect the hostname in the browser address bar. A similar name, an abbreviation or familiar page colors should not replace this step.

If you want to complete a particular task, also check the page title, purpose and scope. An institutional homepage and a specific service page are not the same thing; reaching an official website does not mean that every page can handle your request.

Keep the limits clear when a page redirects or will not open

If a page redirects to an unchecked domain, pause before entering personal or account information and return to the cited source to verify any migration relationship. Do not follow a new login or payment entry merely because its appearance is familiar.

One failed connection does not establish that the official website is no longer valid. Check the observation time, measurement location and failure type before distinguishing local connection problems, restrictions at the target and a changed entry. Without that information, the conclusion should remain unknown.

A reusable checking sequence

1. Match the institutional name to the cited source. 2. Read the complete hostname, not just the page title. 3. Check whether the current page serves your intended task. 4. Stop sensitive actions when redirects are unfamiliar or information conflicts. 5. Keep the source and checking time so that the result can be reviewed later.