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CMS Design System USA Banner

Documents official-government banner usage and warns against using the banner without both an appropriate government domain and HTTPS or anywhere it would be misleading.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Official-site banner Choose official-site banner when a page is eligible to claim official government or public-authority identity and users need to verify domain and secure connection status. The banner appears before the header, service navigation, site alerts, notification banners, and main content. Supports proper-domain, HTTPS, and non-misleading eligibility limits.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as pattern-library evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.

Publisher: CMS Design System. Last checked: .