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NASA Webmasters take the lead
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 03:54:27 -0500
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0925/web-nasa-09-27-00.asp BY Paula Shaki Trimble 09/27/2000 NASAs first Webmasters conference could be the start of a more active role for Webmasters in the transition to "eNASA." The agencys first conference for Webmasters, held this month at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., included NASA civil servants and contractors who manage NASA Web sites. About 170 attendees discussed issues common throughout NASA and explored ways to improve use of the Internet to communicate with the public and conduct NASAs business, said Brian Dunbar, agency spokesman and manager of online services at NASA headquarters. NASA has more than 1 million public Web pages. "Were all facing the same problems and concerns," Dunbar said. The conference looked at the many types of groups that have taken on the Webmaster role. It also dealt with content standards and other issues, such as search engines and portals. The space agencys Webmasters would like to continue having similar forums and become an advisory board for the NASA chief information officer on Internet use. NASA CIO Lee Holcomb told the Webmasters to ask for help in defining eNASA, which will integrate NASAs public communications, missions and administrative business in an electronic environment. Improvements already under way include: * Updating the NASA search engine to return results more in line with what the public wants. * Creating portals that enable NASA employees and eventually the public to access specific information about a single field from across NASA centers. * Creating new information security training programs and notification procedures. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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