Looks like the price tag ($18M) is for 5 years of work with an
ambitious mission statement and new content constantly added. Our
cons/neocons had made it sound like it was for a weekend's work. They
lied to us for 8 years and I guess it is hard to break a habit.
"Agencies are starting to see that government needs to be part of
this larger information ecosystem," said Sheila Campbell, co-
chairwoman of the Federal Web Managers Council. "Managing the Web
isn't just managing the Web site. It means putting the content out
where people are on the Web."
Great dot-gov Web Sites 2009
http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/07/27/GCN-Great-Gov-Web-Sites-2009.aspx
Go visit these government sites and enjoy a job well done!
Don't miss the contrast between the really good government sites and
the shabby GCN site. Do note "aspx" at the end of the GCN URL.
(ASP.NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by
Microsoft. Ho, ho, ho.)
I have analyzed the code of some of these dot-gov sites and, as I
wrote before, they are very well crafted. Lots to learn from their
example.
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