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Saturday June 24 2000 - 10:11 AM ET -
US Government to Create Big Web Site, Clinton Says -
By Tim Ryan - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Coming soon to your computer:
a Web site that will make available at the click
of a mouse every online resource offered
by the U.S. federal government.
Its name will be
http://www.FirstGov.gov,
and it will be created in 90 days or less,
President Clinton said on Saturday.
``When it's complete, firstgov will serve as a single point
of entry to one of the largest, perhaps the most useful,
collection of Web pages in the entire world,''
Clinton said in what was billed as -
his first Saturday Webcast to the nation.
``Increasingly, we'll give our citizens not only the ability to
send and receive information, but also to conduct
sophisticated transactions online,'' Clinton said.
By using the site, Americans will be able to track their
Social Security benefits, find a fuel - efficient car, buy
a home, learn how to invest wisely, check for flight delays,
and learn food safety tips, among other things.
Clinton said, It is all part of an effort to create a -
``high - speed, high - tech, user - friendly, government,''
* Clinton also offered -- a $50,000.00 reward to --
citizens, students, researchers, and government employees --
who provide the most innovative idea -
for advancing e - government.
Details are to be on
http://www.excelgov.org. *
In addition, he said, that by the end of the year,
the government will make it possible for people
to go online to bid on, or apply for,
some of the $300 billion in grants, or $200
The
firstgov.gov Web site will be created, by a team, led by
billon in government contracts, for goods and services.
Internet entrepreneur Eric Brewer, at no cost to taxpayers.
A free site, it will allow citizens -- to search --
all online government documents.
Government information and services are currently
spread over 20,000 different Web sites.
The site will be able to search - half a billion documents -
in less than one - quarter of a second,
and will have the ability to handle -
at least 100 million searches a day, the White House said.
``It will uphold the highest standards of
protecting the privacy of its users,''
Clinton promised.
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http://www.FirstGov.com/ - FirstGov - Your First
Click to Digital Government - Coming Fall 2000. -
Welcome to the future home of FirstGov, a U.S. Government website that will provide rapid
access to government information and services to
the public, for free. --
[ President Clinton's First Internet Webcast and the Announcement about FirstGov. --
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/html/internet2000-06-24.html- -- President Clinton's
First Internet Address to the Nation -
July 24, 2000 - First Internet Address to the Nation -
/ RealMedia video / RealAudio audio / .au format audio /
/ Text of Internet Address /
/ Fact Sheet: Major New "E-Government" Initiatives /
/ Twenty Things You Can Do and Learn on U.S. Government Web
Sites / ] --
© Copyright 1999-2000 FirstGov is an official United States Government website. -
FirstGov is a project of the President's Management
Council and managed by the U.S. General Services Administration. - Postal Address:
FirstGov c/o GSA, 1800 F Street, N.W., Room 2019,
Washington, D.C. 20405 -
Email Your Questions ~or~ Comments to these contacts:
* For General or Media Questions - to FirstGov -
Subject: FirstGov Request - To: viki.reath(a)gsa.gov-
* For Technical Matters - Regarding FirstGov -
Subject: FirstGov Request - To: bob.maslyn(a)gsa.gov -
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