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Subject:    [ISN] NASA Webmasters take the lead
From:       InfoSec News <isn () C4I ! ORG>
Date:       2000-09-28 8:54:27
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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.

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