May 28, 2002 [Number 223]     Printable version (492k PDF)

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CIT's Web Development Team Can Enhance Your Web Presence

Who could have foreseen five or six years ago that the Web would become such an integral part of our daily business? Web pages have become the “face” our institutes, centers, offices, or labs show to the public. We should ensure that the “face” we show visitors gives the right impression—information that is reliable and up to date, displayed in a professional and attractive manner, and organized so that visitors can easily find information.

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CIT's Web Development Team can help if your group does not have the time, knowledge, or money to create or improve your Web presence. Our program helps labs and offices of any size create a professional and attractive Web site at a minimal cost (we operate on a cost-recovery basis). You can easily procure our services—no RFPs, no contracts, no prolonged procurement process.

A CIT account number is all you need. You already have one if you currently use a CIT fee-for-service program. You pay for our services monthly, as costs accrue.

How to Get Started

Just call Sandy Desautels at (301) 402-6553, or send an e-mail explaining your needs to Sandy_Desautels@nih.gov. She will meet with you to clearly define the requirements and determine the best approach. A staff member best suited to your requirements will be assigned as your primary contact. This person may work independently or as part of a team, depending on the complexity of the project.

Our team will develop a prototype that will be refined and enhanced with your help. The prototype will become the production system once you give final approval. We can help you with hosting arrangements or work with your current support staff to ensure that the new site goes on-line quickly with minimum disruption to visitors.

Our Services

The Web Development program was started back in 1997 as an HTML conversion service. Offices with many text documents available through Gopher needed to convert these documents into Web format to put up on Web sites. Since then, our services have grown considerably. In addition to Web site design and maintenance, we also offer on-line registration, surveys, custom Web application development, and FileMaker Pro database development and hosting.

Among the Web sites we have developed:

NIH home page
NHLBI home page
NIH Employee Info
NIH Enterprise Directory (NED) Report Request
NIH Intramural Database (NIDB)
NIH Portal
NINR home page
Fogarty International Center

Links to these sites, and others, are available from our Web site—use the "portfolio" button. For more details of the services available, please visit our Web site.