4: Information and Service Components

Reconfigure your Internet information and services to be more component based.

Other Information:

As agencies redesign their websites, they need to focus on making their services and information more granular, or component-based, and give users the ability to use government information in “mashups” with other information sources. For example, the National Weather Service allows its weather information to be reconfigured and used by commercial entities (www.nws.noaa.gov). Along with the trend in service-oriented architecture (SOA) and need for reusable service modules in the context of intermediaries extending the reach of government, government agencies need to develop policies to support the handling of such information and service modules. Given the increased role of reputed intermediaries in the Web 2.0 environment, government agencies might well consider leveraging intermediaries for Web 2.0 initiatives.

Stakeholder(s):

• Website Managers

Objective(s):

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Content