Theme 12: Cross-Governmental Search

Enhance the universal cross-governmental search function

Other Information:

A number of ideas emphasized the need to develop a search functionality that could, with one search bar, effectively access all government data and information reliably and efficiently. A key suggestion was that searches should be able to access information from all agencies, without having to know which agency actually ‘owns’ the data. Another idea suggested that the government institute search functionality to locate nearby government services. One user cited a survey that was conducted for the government that found that 36% of the 5,000 people surveyed said they want a government only search engine that takes them to Federal, State and Local sites. This discussion was an opportunity to inform participants about USASearch, a government-wide search tool created by GSA. This led to additional recommendations about how to enhance USASearch and enable it to be used more broadly. Popular ideas within this theme include:

Objective(s):

12.1: Legislation, Regulations, and Court Decisions

12.2: Service Locations

12.3: SearchUSA.Gov

12.4: Search Localization

12.5: Search Improvement

12.6: Cross-Departmental Search

12.7: Universal .gov Search

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