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A search engine by and for the federal government

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Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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My first search attempt return no hits. "Sorry, no results found for 'Israel'. Try entering fewer or more general search terms." https://find.search.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=usas...

This search box only searches search.gov, so it's not surprising if there are no results for topics that are not about search engines. For "Israel" you can click the "Search again on USA.gov" tab.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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post #9

My first search attempt return no hits. "Sorry, no results found for 'Israel'. Try entering fewer or more general search terms." https://find.search.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=usas...

That's because you're searching search.gov, not all government websites. Besides this being what it "obviously" is doing, the error message also states this plainly:

>Are you looking for information from across government? Please search again on USA.gov. Click the "Search again on USA.gov" link above the search button here, or use the link below to go to the main USA.gov website. Search.gov is a service powering the search boxes on government agencies' websites. You are currently searching the Search.gov website, and this website only contains information about our service.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

#13
post #9

My first search attempt return no hits. "Sorry, no results found for 'Israel'. Try entering fewer or more general search terms." https://find.search.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=usas...

France, Argentina, etc all produce the same result. It would had been a fast test to discover that.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do they still force you to share your biometrics with a third party private service (Id.me)?

Login.gov doesn't.. but plenty of federal sites (like IRS) are still using that id.me poppycock. Here's to hoping they prioritize a migration soon.

I was absolutely flabbergasted that they didn't even white-label the third party stuff behind their own .gov domain, which means they're mis-training users towards "It's normal to hand over extremely sensitive official information to vaguely-plausible-looking companies with websites and certificates ultimately under the control of Montenegro."

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

#15
post #4

The new tech stuff the government has been putting out is legitimately fantastic. login.gov is probably my favorite sign-in experience, maybe slightly behind Google's (and considerably ahead of Apple or Microsoft's).

There’s a ton of interesting stuff at https://www.web.dma.mil/WEB-NextGen/

Just look at the significant links section

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do they still force you to share your biometrics with a third party private service (Id.me)?

Login.gov doesn't.. but plenty of federal sites (like IRS) are still using that id.me poppycock. Here's to hoping they prioritize a migration soon.

SSA Already announced the switch to login.gov, it looks like it will have broad support if they are starting the migration there.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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post #13
post #9

My first search attempt return no hits. "Sorry, no results found for 'Israel'. Try entering fewer or more general search terms." https://find.search.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=usas...

France, Argentina, etc all produce the same result. It would had been a fast test to discover that.

Sure, I tried one country name and it didn't work.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Login.gov doesn't.. but plenty of federal sites (like IRS) are still using that id.me poppycock. Here's to hoping they prioritize a migration soon.

I was absolutely flabbergasted that they didn't even white-label the third party stuff behind their own .gov domain, which means they're mis-training users towards "It's normal to hand over extremely sensitive official information to vaguely-plausible-looking companies with websites and certificates ultimately under the control of Montenegro."

And they'll accept anything from you without any ID whatsoever if you just use paper and a postage stamp.

Re: A search engine by and for the federal government

#20
post #4

The new tech stuff the government has been putting out is legitimately fantastic. login.gov is probably my favorite sign-in experience, maybe slightly behind Google's (and considerably ahead of Apple or Microsoft's).

Yeah it's cool. Lately just feels like they're doing work, not all home runs, but they're out there swinging.
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