Recently published results from a study of 40 popular federal government Web sites show that the Library's Web pages are consistently delivered to Internet users as fast as the very fastest in government and industry.
Federal Computer Week has ranked the Library at or near the top of the Keynote Government 40 Internet Performance Index (KG40) every week since initiating the reports last September. "We are quite happy with the test results; especially since Keynote is the worldwide leader in Internet performance testing," said Mike Handy, acting director of Information Technology Services (ITS).
The Keynote Government 40 Internet Performance Index measures the average response time of accessing and downloading the home pages of 40 major federal government Web sites. The Library was ranked second in performance during the week of Oct. 29 to Nov. 12 and third during the week of Oct. 22. Users were able to access the site in less than a second (0.55). According to the Keynote Business 40 Internet Performance Index, if the Library were competing in the business sector, it would outperform Alta Vista (0.65), Compaq (0.81), Dun and Bradstreet (0.92), 3Com (1:03), Apple (1.06), IBM (1.21) and Charles Schwab (1.22).
