There are levels of participation in the FirstGov project. Anyone with services to offer and who agrees to adhere to the following FirstGov principles may join. The levels of participation are designated as bronze, silver or gold. Bronze members provide the FirstGov logo with their information. Silver members include a search box and a results page with their information.
Gold members have more closely integrated search capabilities.
Tom said he looks forward to federal, state and local cooperation on this project and he would appreciate comments and suggestions. Geospatial information can be merged with and generalized to other types of inquiry. Examples cited were the comparison of nursing homes within a given locality and land use planning. Government services can improve accuracy, e.g., more appropriate bus routes near seniors. Furthermore, government services can be held to more accountability when information becomes more localized.