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01-25-2006, 03:29 PM
The official U.S. government Web site this week significantly expanded the number of federal, state and tribal documents its search engine can scour.
About 8 million documents were available before the upgrades were unleashed. The U.S. General Services Administration, which operates Firstgov, now estimates that 40 million government documents are available.
To make the five-fold increase, Firstgov added a new technology from Microsoft Corp.'s MSN unit and Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Vivisimo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060125/tc_zd/169986
About 8 million documents were available before the upgrades were unleashed. The U.S. General Services Administration, which operates Firstgov, now estimates that 40 million government documents are available.
To make the five-fold increase, Firstgov added a new technology from Microsoft Corp.'s MSN unit and Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Vivisimo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060125/tc_zd/169986