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For more than a dozen years, government employees have used the Go.USA.gov URL shortening service to turn long government and military URLs into more manageable short URLs.

Our mission at USAGov and USAGov en Español is to make it easy for anyone to find and understand the government information they need. In 2021, we connected with the public 117 million times through our websites, social media, email, and phone and chat contact center support.

USAGov is the official guide to government services and information for the public. Its outreach team connects people to that information through USA.gov and USAGov en Español social media, email, and other delivery channels. 2021 was a busy year for the outreach team. Here are a few highlights: 

Connecting people with the federal services they need is the focus of the USAGov program. We get a lot of traffic on USA.gov and USAGov en Español, and a lot of questions at our call center and on social media about government benefits, grants, and loans. People are eager for help with bills, housing, and food assistance. 

People were concerned about COVID-19-related housing and international travel as they searched USA.gov from July to September 2021. Get more user insights from our 4th quarter infographic.

USAGov’s mission is to make government information accessible and easy to understand. To help fulfill that mission, our Outreach team builds and grows relationships with agency partners, supporting their public engagement campaigns to reach more people.