[Asis-l] Hodge: Announcing the Launch of Science.gov

[Richard Hill]

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NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS

Eleanor Frierson 301-504-6780
Sharon Jordan 865-576-1194
Tom Lahr 703-648-4222


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 5, 2002

SCIENCE.GOV WEB SITE CONNECTS PUBLIC TO GOVERNMENT SCIENCE

WASHINGTON, DC - The American public is now connected as never before to 
U.S. Government science and technology.  Fourteen scientific and technical 
information organizations from 10 major science agencies have collaborated 
to create science.gov (www.science.gov), the "FirstGov for Science" web 
site.  Science.gov is a gateway to reliable information about science and 
technology from across  Federal Government organizations. Â Â

 From science.gov, users can find over one thousand government information 
resources about science.  These resources include: technical reports, 
journal articles, databases, Federal web sites, and fact sheets.  The 
information is all free,  and no registration is required.

"Science.gov aims to bring the substantial resources of the Federal science 
and technology enterprise together, in one place.  Working together, 
Federal agencies have assembled countless pages of government research, 
data, and reports. The site is a great example of e-government in action," 
said Dr. John H. Marburger, Director, Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, Executive Office of the President.

Science.gov is for the educational and library communities, as well as 
business people, entrepreneurs, agency scientists, and anyone with an 
interest in science. Support for building the science.gov gateway came from 
“CENDI,” an interagency committee of senior managers of Federal science 
and technology information programs.

“Science.gov provides the unique ability to search across the content 
within databases as well as across Web sites,” said Eleanor Frierson, 
Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the 
science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created 
science.gov.  “It shows that Federal agencies can work together to pull 
off something none of them could do individually.”

The agencies participating in science.gov are the Departments of 
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human 
Services, and Interior; the Environmental Protection Agency; the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation.

Additional information is available at 
<http://www.science.gov/communications>www.science.gov/communications or by 
contacting Valerie Allen [phone (865) 576-3469;e-mail 
<mailto:allenv at osti.gov>allenv at osti.gov] or Sharon Jordan[phone (865) 
576-1194; e-mail <mailto:jordans at osti.gov>jordans at osti.gov].

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