Science.gov: FirstGov for Science

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Science.gov FirstGov for Science

• AAAS Annual Conference
• Denver, Colorado
• February 15, 2003

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Objective Provide Cross-agency, Gateway to
Science and Technology Resources

• Selected, authoritative
• U.S. government resources
• Across all agencies
• Specialized in science and technology

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Science.gov Initiative

• An integrated, voluntary interagency effort of 14
  STI programs in 10 federal agencies
• Supports the Administrations E-Gov objectives,
  bringing government science and technology closer
  to citizens
• The FirstGov-designated Cross Agency Portal for
  science
• Provides a public gateway to federal web sites
  and databases

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Science.gov Alliance

• Dept. of Agriculture
• Dept. of Commerce
• Dept. of Defense
• Dept. of Education
• Dept. of Energy
• Dept. of Health and
• Human Services

• Dept. of Interior
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Aeronautics and
• Space Administration
• National Science Foundation

Support and coordination by CENDI (brochures)
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Guiding Principles

• Provide simple, integrated access to web sites
  and database content across the government
• Provide selected, quality information
• No distracting pop-ups just the facts
• Based on currently available content

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Access to Government Science Web Sites

• 1700 web sites selected and cataloged by agency
  content managers and NTIS
• Organized for browsing under one or more of 12
  topics and 175 sub-topics
• Free-text searching based on text of selected web
  sites and linked sites
• To one level
• Provided by USGS

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Access to Deep Web Databases

• 29 databases with tens of millions of records
  that are generally not accessible to web search
  engines
• Special deep (invisible) web searching developed
  for Science.gov by DOE/OSTI
• Single search interface for web sites and
  databases

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For more information
Science.gov Co-Chairs
Thomas Lahr USGS/Biological Resources
Discipline 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive / MS
302 Reston, VA 22092 Telephone
703/648-4222 tom_lahr_at_usgs.gov
Eleanor Frierson National Agricultural Library
(NAL) 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room
200 Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 Telephone
301/504-6780 efrierson_at_nal.usda.gov
CENDI Secretariat

• Bonnie C. Carroll
• Oak Ridge, TN 37831
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• bcarroll_at_infointl.com

Press kits available at http//www.science.gov/com
munications/index.html