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Google to Launch Government Search Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uncle-sam's-table-of-contents dept.

Billosaur writes "Word has come out via the Washington Post on Google's plan to launch a a tool for searching US Government web sites. The tool, usgov.google.com, is meant to be used by Federal employees who may need to search across several different sites for information, and '...is also designed to help citizens navigate convoluted pages of government-speak and tailor news feeds to their interests. Users can customize the layout of their page to remain updated on government-related news from official and commercial sources, including the White House, Department of Defense, The Washington Post and CNN. Google is also working with agencies to increase the frequency of news updates to keep content current.'"

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  1. Use it to find hacked sites by martinde · · Score: 3, Interesting

    View source on this page. Doh! I guess hidden information in a wiki isn't exactly hacked... But I wonder what's in it for the people putting that stuff on there?

  2. Well, it appears to be working by cliveholloway · · Score: 4, Interesting

    14,000 results for "do not distribute".

    Now all they have to do is learn what not to index :)

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    1. Re:Well, it appears to be working by belg4mit · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "do not distribute -e-mail, 843 results.

      A couple are irrelevant but the signal to noise is much better than the GP query.

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  3. FOIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Now, if only they could use this kind of technology to speed up FOIA requests. Of course, then you'd actually get the information you were searching for.

  4. Even worse! by Johnny+Doughnuts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    us gov search for "confidential "do not distribute"".

    The results are astounding, someone should get fired over this.