FW: Science.gov is launched

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

Good afternoon

You asked several months ago to be notified when science.gov
<http://www.science.gov/> was launched.  It is now available for public
access.

I hope you find it to be helpful in finding government science information
through one location. A copy of the following press release, and
additional information, may be found at www.science.gov/communications
<http://www.science.gov/communications> .

The science.gov Team

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NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Eleanor Frierson 301-504-6780
December 5, 2002

Sharon Jordan 865-576-1194
Tom Lahr 703-648-4222

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 <http://www.science.gov/>, the "FirstGov for
Science" web site.

Science.gov is the gateway to reliable information about science and
technology from across Federal government organizations.  

>From science.gov, users can find over one thousand government information
resources about science.  These resources include: technical reports,
journal citations, 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 www.science.gov/communications
<http://www.science.gov/communications> or by contacting Valerie Allen
[phone (865) 576-3469; e-mail allenv@osti.gov] or Sharon Jordan [phone
(865) 576-1194; e-mail jordans@osti.gov].

science.gov Alliance

Department of Agriculture 
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services      
Department of Interior
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation

Supported by CENDI