10,000 websites, 10 years: Inside the U.S. government’s behemoth plan to overhaul its online presence

40% of U.S. government websites aren’t mobile friendly; 60% have accessibility issues. Now, the government is taking on an ambitious upgrade.

U.S. government websites are notoriously difficult to use. That’s a big problem when digital channels have become the primary way American citizens interact with the federal government, according to the White House.

So Uncle Sam is finally doing something about it. The government is undertaking a massive overhaul to update and standardize more than 10,000 web pages used by more than 400 million people, businesses, and organizations every year. With numbers like that, patience is key: It could take as long as a decade to see the complete results.