Documents/GAO-12-782/3: Internet Portal/3.5: Integrated System/Indicator:1

Indicator: 1

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Measurements in/of Actions Taken

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Description Unspecified GSA and federal agencies have taken various actions to address this requirement. As we have previously reported, OMB's 2003 report to Congress identified http://www.FirstGov.gov as the federal Internet portal prescribed by the act, and we noted that it generally adhered to the criteria established by the act. The portal was launched in September 2000 as an interagency initiative, managed by GSA and supported and assisted by OMB and federal agencies. With this support and assistance, GSA established the portal to provide the public with access to government information and services, and GSA has maintained and promoted it since that time. According to GSA, the portal was designed and organized according to online services rather than by agency. This allows the public to conduct business with the government via the Internet without having to know how the government is organized.