Mission Statement

USA.gov's objective is to provide a free service, enabling the global community to easily and rapidly find U.S. government information that has been posted on the Internet. It offers a powerful search engine and an index of web-accessible government information and services to help you find what you need.

http://www.usa.gov/About/FirstGov_Faq.shtml

What is USA.gov?

USA.gov, the U.S. government’s official web portal, is designed to improve the public’s interaction with the U.S. government by quickly directing website visitors to the services or information they are seeking. USA.gov links to every federal agency and to state, local, and tribal governments, and is the most comprehensive site in—and about—the U.S. government. While the primary target audience of USA.gov is the American public, about 25 percent of USA.gov’s visitors come from outside the United States.

Until January 2007, USA.gov was known as FirstGov.gov. The name was changed in response to user suggestions and telephone surveys.

USA.gov is part of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications in the General Services Administration (GSA), and includes the Spanish-language web portal to U.S. government services, GobiernoUSA.gov (formerly espanol.gov). The portals, which are funded by U.S. taxpayers and are offered as a public service, are a member of the Office of Citizen Services and Communication’s family of websites that also includes pueblo.gsa.gov (the Federal Citizen Information Center), Kids.gov, ConsumerAction.gov, and WebContent.gov.

USA.gov receives more than 80 million visitors and GobiernoUSA.gov receives 1.5 million visitors. There are about 5 million links to USA.gov.