Science.gov 2.0 to be Launched on May 11

5/10/2004

From: Jeff Sherwood of the U.S. Department of Energy, 202-586-5806

News Advisory:

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham will launch Science.gov 2.0, the next major step in government science information retrieval, at a ceremony tomorrow.

Science.gov 2.0 offers groundbreaking, user-friendly technology enhancements to the interagency science portal. While retaining the content and advances originally unveiled in December 2002, now Version 2.0 will search 47 million pages of government R&D results across 12 federal science agencies and present the result to the patron in relevancy ranked order. The new technology sorts through the government's vast reservoirs of research and rapidly returns information to desktops in an order more likely to meet patrons' needs.

The Nation's FirstGov for science, Science.gov is for the educational and library communities, as well as business people, entrepreneurs, agency scientists and anyone with an interest in science.

The event is open to the press.

WHAT: Science.gov 2.0 launch ceremony

WHO: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham

WHEN: Tuesday May 11, 3 p.m.

WHERE: Energy Dep't. Forrestal Building Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., S.W.