diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-generate-website.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-generate-website.yml
index b659741dfa..2b4c2fb01f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-generate-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-generate-website.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       id: linkchecker
       uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@4a5af7cd2958a2282cefbd9c10f63bdb89982d76
       with:
-        args: --exclude-file ./build/config/.lycheeignore --verbose --no-progress './docs/public/**/*.html' --accept 200,206,429
+        args: --exclude-file ./build/config/.lycheeignore --verbose --no-progress --accept 200,206,429 './published/**/*.html' --exclude-mail --skip-missing
         format: markdown
         output: html-link-report.md
       env:
@@ -180,7 +180,4 @@ jobs:
         enable_jekyll: false
         publish_dir: ./docs/public
         publish_branch: nist-pages
-        commit_user_name: OSCAL GitHub Actions Bot
-        commit_user_email: oscal@nist.gov
-        commit_author: OSCAL GitHub Actions Bot <oscal@nist.gov>
         commit_message: Deploying website [ci deploy skip]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-validate-website-content.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-validate-website-content.yml
index 0809ab3fd5..d51e48037b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-validate-website-content.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-validate-website-content.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       id: linkchecker
       uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@4a5af7cd2958a2282cefbd9c10f63bdb89982d76
       with:
-        args: --exclude-file ./build/config/.lycheeignore --verbose --no-progress --accept 200,206,429 './published/**/*.html' --exclude-mail
+        args: --exclude-file ./build/config/.lycheeignore --verbose --no-progress --accept 200,206,429 './published/**/*.html' --exclude-mail --skip-missing
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Create issue if bad links detected
diff --git a/build/config/.lycheeignore b/build/config/.lycheeignore
index e42dd1db05..653654eead 100644
--- a/build/config/.lycheeignore
+++ b/build/config/.lycheeignore
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ https://cdn.telos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/22150746/Xacta-360-EULA-US.pdf
 https://search.usa.gov/search
 https://example.com/.*
 https://www.mirantis.com/blog/automating-compliance-for-highly-regulated-industries-with-docker-enterprise-edition-and-oscal.*
+# TODO: Remove this exemption for URI Use page added in usnistgov/OSCAL#1263 is
+# merged from develop into main (and nist-pages) the page officially gets published
+# and is checkable. See this failed build for more details:
+# https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/actions/runs/3275978846
+#https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/concepts/uri-use*
+#^file:///*/OSCAL/docs/public/OSCAL/concepts/uri-use$