RE: internet tools to reach citizens

[patricia bonner <bonner.patricia@epa.gov>]

Sam....
I like your button idea and see the possibilities it could open for us. Maybe after a click on Comment we could give people a choice ... not a menu, two ways to go... one that would be to a menu of items open for formal public comment and the other for submitting questions or comments that are not specific to an item with an open formal comment period.  This would take a lot of coordination and thought, not to mention consultation with web people and lawyers to ensure security, privacy and more.  

Today, at the bottom of the EPA home page there is the word "Comment," but it is definitely  not a highly visible button.  If you click on the word Comment, you move to a page that looks much better that what follows will.       

pat 

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