New Look for U.S. Dept. of State Web Site

The BeSpacific blog (2/5/2006) brings our attention
to the redesign of the United States Department of State
web site.

A Department press release describes the redesign:

"The new design streamlines the number of content sections
from nine to four: Issues and Press, Travel and Business, Youth
and Education, and About the State Department. The redesigned
homepage will feature the main news story of the day, along with
other important news. The homepage also will provide easy access
to information about Secretary Rice, multimedia resources, and
interactive options for users to subscribe to state.gov content
as well as quick links to key topics in each of the website sections.

In addition to state.gov homepage updates, the banner of the
new design will link to the top news story, daily press briefings,
and other news from anywhere in the website. Enhanced search
capabilities will allow users to search individual sections of the
website, rather than the entire site... www.state.gov continues to
keep pace with new technologies (enhanced content management
system, podcasts, RSS news feeds, listservs, etc)."