Speaking from experience, a government site without search is as usefule as a government answering machine. Although it will be interesting to see what kinds of "search capabilities" get implemented.
Posted by Shannon at December 22, 2004 12:39 PM
Search Mandatory On All U.S. Government Web Sites by End of '05According to a just released memo (PDF) from the U.S. government's Office of Management and Budget, all publicly accessible federal government web sites and main entry points must have search capabilities by the end of 2005.
"In some circumstances, mostly for small Web sites, agency officials may still rely on site maps or subject indexes, the memo states...some Internet experts also warn that building a better search engine is no panacea. "Search is, in many ways, second choice for most users," said Larry Freed, chief executive officer of ForeSee Results, which sponsored portions of the ACSI poll. "Most users would rather navigate the system."