Category
47.2% of the 36 Governmentsites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| archives.gov | Open | — |
| bls.gov | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| canada.ca | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| cdc.gov |
| Open |
| — |
| census.gov | Protected | Cloudflare |
| congress.gov | Protected | Cloudflare |
| dhs.gov | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| ed.gov | Open | — |
| energy.gov | Open | — |
| epa.gov | Open | — |
| europa.eu | Open | — |
| fbi.gov | Protected | Cloudflare |
| fcc.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| fda.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| ftc.gov | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| house.gov | Open | — |
| irs.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| justice.gov | Open | — |
| loc.gov | Protected | Cloudflare |
| nasa.gov | Open | — |
| nih.gov | Protected | Cloudflare |
| noaa.gov | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
| nps.gov | Open | — |
| sec.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| senate.gov | Open | — |
| service.gov.uk | Open | — |
| ssa.gov | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| state.gov | Open | — |
| treasury.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| usa.gov | Open | — |
| usda.gov | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| usgs.gov | Open | — |
| uspto.gov | Open | — |
| va.gov | Open | — |
| weather.gov | Open | — |
| whitehouse.gov | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).