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List of 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites
Yahoo! Internet Life's annual roundup of the Web's most useful addresses includes sites from the Naval Observatory, Centers for Disease Control, and United States Postal Service, plus the one-stop site with statistics from 70 agencies. FedStats is maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.

HUD Reaches Out to Empower Americans
The Department of Housing and Urban Development became one of the first federal agencies to reach out to the American public with its web-based information products. The idea is to let its audiences know what HUD has to offer and - - just as important -- to get their feedback. As just two examples, HUD pioneered an automated tour of its Homes and Communities Page on CD ROM and sent traveling kiosks to more than 60 events around the country.

VA Will Extend Its Benefits Reach Via a VPN
The Veterans Benefits Administration is testing a virtual private network (VPN) as a way to set up a worldwide network of remote sites to provide veterans with benefits information, according to Government Computer News.

Electronic Commerce
Vice President Gore's vision for Access America is using the Internet to provide government services electronically to anyone who wants them, anywhere. Government Computer News assembles a montage of stories and sidebars to illustrate what federal agencies are doing to make government e-commerce a reality.