Thursday, January 26, 2006
FirstGov.gov revamps search functionality | InfoWorld | News | 2006-01-24 | By Grant Gross, IDG News Service:
"Internet users looking for information at the U.S. government's Web portal will get more complete and relevant results using a new search engine unveiled Tuesday, according to officials with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
The GSA's FirstGov.gov Web portal now will connect users to more than 40 million official U.S. government documents and Web pages, compared to 8 million under the old search technology. GSA contracted with Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) Corp. for its MSN Search functionality and Vivisimo (Profile, Products, Articles) Inc., for its contextual search software, to create the new search engine.
The new search, which went online late Monday, incorporates federal, state, local and tribal government Web sites, said M.J. Pizzella, associate administrator of GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications... "
"Internet users looking for information at the U.S. government's Web portal will get more complete and relevant results using a new search engine unveiled Tuesday, according to officials with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
The GSA's FirstGov.gov Web portal now will connect users to more than 40 million official U.S. government documents and Web pages, compared to 8 million under the old search technology. GSA contracted with Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) Corp. for its MSN Search functionality and Vivisimo (Profile, Products, Articles) Inc., for its contextual search software, to create the new search engine.
The new search, which went online late Monday, incorporates federal, state, local and tribal government Web sites, said M.J. Pizzella, associate administrator of GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications... "
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