The COI is trying to validate the figures generated by an audit of government websites, in the largest project of its kind to date
COI will publish figures on the cost, quality and use of government websites by June 2010.
The move will cover all central government departments.
The audit will look at unique users/browsers, page impressions, visits and durations of time spent on sites to assess how much central government sites are being used.
The outcome will help the COI manage performance and investment in digital media.
The audit is in a response to a Public Accounts Committee recommendation for reliable data on the volume and use of central government sites.
In March, the COI launched a review with the public to let individuals feed back their thoughts on how to improve the quality of government websites.
The COI plans to extend its current guidelines on measuring the quality and value of government websites to encourage areas such as social media.
The review followed a survey of 153 central government organisations between October and December 2006 for the report Government on the Internet. More than a quarter of organisations did not provide the costs of website provision, 16% of organisations did not provide any data about how their main corporate websites were being used and the Government concluded that the overall quality of government websites had improved little since 2002.
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