Revamped
Award-Winning INS Website Is in High Demand
Immigration
and Naturalization's website is becoming one of the hottest
in government. In March 2000, an average of more than 27,000
users each weekday stayed on the site an average of 18.5 minutes
per visit-up from 13,400 per weekday just over one year ago.
Two
Federal Libraries Share Award
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Central Library shared
the Library of the Year award with the Los Alamos National
Laboratory Research Library. The NOAA Library organized over
500 NOAA websites under one locator and created a digital
image library of meteorological images from the 1800s to the
1950s. Los Alamos collaborated to develop a browsable interface
for categorizing its science and technology Web resources
to create the foundation for an Internet portal.
GSA
Awards Government-wide Smart Card Solutions Contracts
These
contracts will provide interoperable, multi-application smart
cards that will set the standards for smart card technology
and enable government and industry to grow with electronic commerce.
Surplus
Military Property:
Recycled, Transferred, Donated, or Sold
Here's
the site to obtain surplus property from the military services.
The inventory changes daily and includes thousands of items
that you can easily explore. Here's the pecking order: Property
is first offered for reuse within Defense, transfer to other
federal agencies, or donation to state and local governments
and other qualified organizations. Property that is not reused
is sold to the public as surplus. Everybody wins!