DOD to launch Web 2.0-intensive site

The Defense Department will launch a new homepage Aug.15 that incorporates Web 2.0 technologies as part of a militarywide and governmentwide effort to use new media capabilities, a DOD official said today. The new Web site, at www.defense.gov, will be a complete overhaul of the site that now exists, said Les Benito, public Web director at DOD's Defense Media Activity office. The site will include new modes of user participation, and interactivity will be a driving factor in the site's shaping, he said.

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