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==.Gov Reform Initiative==

On December 13, 2011, President Barack Obama launched the Campaign to Cut Waste and signed Executive Order 13576-Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government. Part of this campaign is the 'gov Reform Initiative which aims to identify and consolidate unnecessary websites to reduce costs and deliver better services to Americans. The .gov Task Force was tasked to lead the initiative.Members of the Task Force include Chief Information Officers, Web Managers, New Media Directors and other entities with extensive knowledge and experience regarding federal web requirements, policies and public & customer service. <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/13/executive-order-delivering-efficient-effective-and-accountable-governmen Executive Order 13576--Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government]</ref> <ref>[http://www.usa.gov/WebReform.shtml#what .gov Reform Effort: Improving Federal Websites]</ref>

On December 16, 2011, the .gov Task Force published the State of the Federal Web Report with the following key findings:<ref>[http://www.usa.gov/webreform/state-of-the-web.pdf State of the Federal Web Report]</ref>

* There is a wide discrepancy in the number of available domain names and websites.Based on the self-reported .gov web inventory there are 1,489 domains and approximately 11,013 websites from 56 agencies.

==References==

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 ==.Gov Reform Initiative==
+On December 13, 2011, President Barack Obama launched the Campaign to Cut Waste and signed Executive Order 13576-Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government. Part of this campaign is the 'gov Reform Initiative which aims to identify and consolidate unnecessary websites to reduce costs and deliver better services to Americans. The .gov Task Force was tasked to lead the initiative.Members of the Task Force include Chief Information Officers, Web Managers, New Media Directors and other entities with extensive knowledge and experience regarding federal web requirements, policies and public & customer service. <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/13/executive-order-delivering-efficient-effective-and-accountable-governmen Executive Order 13576--Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government]</ref> <ref>[http://www.usa.gov/WebReform.shtml#what .gov Reform Effort: Improving Federal Websites]</ref>
+On December 16, 2011, the .gov Task Force published the State of the Federal Web Report with the following key findings:<ref>[http://www.usa.gov/webreform/state-of-the-web.pdf State of the Federal Web Report]</ref>
+* There is a wide discrepancy in the number of available domain names and websites.Based on the self-reported .gov web inventory there are 1,489 domains and approximately 11,013 websites from 56 agencies.
 ==References==