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WASHINGTON, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Espanol.gov, the official portal of the U.S. government in Spanish, today announced the launch of a free service alerting visitors to new information on their favorite topics.

The e-mail alert system is available on 17 of the most visited pages of the portal. The topics range from Employment, Immigration and Citizenship, Health, Disaster Relief, and Education, to Housing and Family Issues.

"This is only the beginning. We plan to offer subscriptions to many other pages of espanol.gov in the future, in response to our visitors' needs," said M.J. Pizzella, Associate Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Communications. "Providing citizens with the most up-to-date information available on espanol.gov is a continuing step in keeping the Administration's promise to enhance citizen access to government information," Ms. Pizzella continued. OCSC manages the espanol.gov site.

The system is easy to use and allows the subscriber to control all aspects of the subscription. By creating a user profile, the subscriber can add, delete or change chosen topics, decide whether or not to have a password, change preferences as often as desired, stop receiving e-mail alerts during a particular period of time, etc. The system also offers a help section in case the subscriber encounters minor technical difficulties and is automated by Minnesota-based GovDelivery Inc.

Information on espanol.gov is updated as soon as new government information is available in Spanish. By subscribing to the e-mail alert system, the subscribers receive a notice that the page or pages chosen have new information and a link to the page directly from the e-mail.

Espanol.gov is part of FirstGov.gov, a division of OCSC, the nation's focal point for information and services offered by the government. Citizens can contact the government through the Web site or by phone at 1 800 FED INFO to find answers to their questions in Spanish.

GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing governmentwide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries. U.S. General Services Administration

Web site: http://www.gsa.gov/http://www.espanol.gov/