Multiple federal agencies, led by the Coast Guard, are trying to manage the oil spill and damaged drill site that is spewing at least 5,000 barrels of a day into the Gulf of Mexico. They have set up an omnibus website called Deepwater Horizon Response, named after the drilling rig that exploded and caused the mess.
The site serves as a launch pad to sites operated by Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter that are dedicated to the disaster.
NASA has set up special a Web page that features satellite photos of the oil slick, and the Environmental Protection Agency has a site devoted to its response to the spill.
The Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
feature the Gulf disaster prominently on their home pages. But sadly, all this Web tech can do nothing to fix a well head 5,000 feet underwater.
A robotic arm of a Remotely Operated Vehicle attempts to activate the Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventor on April 22.
Bob Brewin
Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
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