USAGov en Español was launched on October 16, 2003, to support Executive Order 13166, signed by President Bill Clinton in 2000, which requires federal agencies to provide information and services for people with limited English proficiency (LEP).
The portal ispart of an integrated outreach effort created to address the government information needs of the estimated 41 million U.S. residents who speak Spanish at home, or about 12% of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In 2008, USAGov en Español launched a social media outreach campaign where users can receive updates and interact with the government through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
USAGov en Español offers a directory of federal, state and local resources in Spanish organized by topics in which users can find information.
USAGov en Español leads the Multilingual Community of Practice Websites Committee,[2] a group of federal, state, and local web managers working to expand and improve digital content in languages other than English.