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By: Leilani | April 07, 2009 | Category: Spanish

En españolwoman studying with pencil and calculator

Did you know that there are over 34 million Spanish speakers in the United States? I'm one of them, and as co-manager of GobiernoUSA.gov, I'm committed to ensuring that Spanish speakers have easy access to official government services and information online.

The Hispanic population reached 45.5 million in 2007, which means that this group represents 15.1 percent of the total U.S. population. In addition, the Hispanic population tends to be younger compared to other groups. Unfortunately, this rapidly growing group of Hispanic youth is lagging behind in educational attainment.

We help thousands of Spanish speaking people every month through GobiernoUSA, but we recognize the need to do more to reach people who may not know about our site, particularly Hispanic youth. To that end, we recently established a partnership with ASPIRA, an organization dedicated to the education and leadership development of Hispanic youth.

Visitors to ASPIRA's site can now find links to official Spanish language government resources for education, money, employment, health, and other topics. ASPIRA is also providing government information in English on its site. We will also be supporting the organization’s educational outreach programs and activities, ensuring access to the government resources most useful to Hispanic youth.

You can expect to see more partnerships like this in the future. All of us at USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov are working hard to make sure that people everywhere have access to the timely, relevant, and official government information that can help them easily find the answer to their question. As government becomes more open and collaborative, you'll start seeing our sites show up in more places online and helping people find what they need.

What sites do you think should feature official government information from USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov?

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