This document defines the specific standards and general guidelines which the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will use to make information available on the World Wide Web (WWW). The purpose of providing such guidance is to ensure high quality and consistent content, organization, and presentation of information on ED WWW servers, in order to help users find pertinent information to answer their education questions. The eight sections consist of: (1) an overview of the document itself; (2) selected definitions; (3) ED-controlled content, ED-sponsored content, and external content of servers; (4) discussion of the design of the main ED WWW server, as well as home page links, dead links, and types of materials that should have restricted access; (5) style/markup aspects; (6) examination of ED-specific issues, including coordination of ED WWW pages with the Office of Educational Research and Improvement; public release; compliance with standards; and quality assurance; (7) additional points for consideration; and (8) references for other federal agency standards; HTML style guides and standards; accessibility to users with disablities; and WWW security. Contains 17 references. (AEF)