Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from 10 major science agencies have teamed up to create a new website that connects more than 1,000 government sources of science information. The website, www.science.gov, includes links and pathways to technical reports, journal citations, databases, federal websites, and fact sheets. Designed for experts and neophytes alike, the site is free and requires no registration.

"Science.gov aims to bring the substantial resources of the federal science and technology enterprise together, in one place," said John H. Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. "Working together, federal agencies have assembled countless pages of government research, data, and reports. The site is a great example of e-government in action."

Support for the project came from an interagency committee of senior managers from various federal science and technology information programs. The group, called CENDI, is comprised of representatives from the National Science Foundation; NASA; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the Interior.

"Science.gov provides the unique ability to search across the content within databases as well as across websites," said Eleanor Frierson, deputy director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created science.gov. "It shows that federal agencies can work together to pull off something none of them could do individually."

For more information, visit www.science.gov.