Hey now, this is great news from the GSA. I am thrilled to learn that the official US Government Website has improved their previously poor search capability. Hey, it may not be Earth shattering, but it’s a start.
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. [Read the rest]