GSA'S FirstGov.gov honored for innovation in E-Government.FirstGov.gov, the official Web portal See portal. of the U.S. government, was honored for innovations in electronic government during the E-Gov 2003 Conference recently held at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. , the U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. announced recently. Under the direction of the GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications, FirstGov.gov's Cross-Agency Subscription Service received a Trailblazer Award on June 10 in recognition of the site's service that provides a one-stop Web page for citizens to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; electronic newsletters from across government. The project is a collaboration between OCSC OCSC Office of the Civil Service Commission (Thailand) OCSC Olympic Circle Sailing Club OCSC Office of Citizen Services and Communications (US GSA) and GSA's Office of the Chief Information Officer. Launched in December 2001, the Web page has made possible almost 500,000 subscription referrals to date. The page makes more than 1,000 referrals a day. The only cost to GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. and participating agencies is staff time and already existing resources. "FirstGov has a key role in streamlining the interaction between citizens and their government as called for in President Bush's Management Agenda," said Mary Joy (M.J.) Jameson, Associate Administrator of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications at GSA. "We're very proud of the success we've found in the Cross-Agency Subscription Service; it shows yet another way in which FirstGov gives citizens easier access to the information and services they want from their government." The annual E-Gov Awards drew 252 applications from all over the world and recognized 50 E-Gov innovations in three categories: Pioneers, Explorers and Trailblazers. |
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