Federal News Network: “Hundreds of federal agency websites are being targeted for elimination, following a governmentwide review. In an analysis led by the General Services Administration, the 24 largest departments and agencies inventoried more than 7,200 total websites. Documents obtained by Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 of those websites — less than 5% of their total web presence. According to documents obtained by Federal News Network, Thomas Shedd, commissioner of GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, said the “low-hanging fruit” of websites to cut include standalone sites for agency blogs, photo galleries and forums that would be housed elsewhere. GSA also directed agencies to eliminate sites for events or initiatives that haven’t been relevant for a number of years, as well as standalone sites for “niche topics or working groups.” Documents obtained by Federal News Network show that Shedd, in addition to his GSA leadership role, serves as the Labor Department’s chief information officer, and as the primary point of contact for website audits at the Energy Department, Social Security Administration, Army Corps of Engineers and the National Archives and Records Administration. In February, agencies briefly took down thousands of federal web pages and scrubbed a broad swath of data and information from them. While this latest governmentwide review will cut only a small fraction of .gov websites, some agencies are making more drastic cuts to their online presence than others…”