Last week I told you the cool news that USA.gov has adopted NewsGator technology and expertise to create RSS breaking news and information feeds on their website. The tie-up has been receiving some good publicity, and I wanted to point you to a couple of articles on this news.

ReadWriteWeb has a story called "USA.gov Embraces RSS: Launches Breaking News Service."  It's worth a read.

Also, Information Week published a story today titled, "Feds' Internet Site Goes Web 2.0."  It quotes Beverly Godwin, the director of USA.gov's Web Best Practices division as saying, "using these Web 2.0 tools is a huge opportunity for government to be transparent and save valuable tax dollars. Tools such as RSS feeds and gadgets allow the public to directly access content from the original source, no matter which Web site they're on. It reduces duplication across government because an agency creates content once and makes it available for reuse by others."

We're just excited that the "Feds," as that second article refers to them, chose NewsGator to implement the technical challenges behind their entrance to Web 2.0.  Welcome, I say. :)