At the end of the dot-com boom in the 1990s, many governments had already committed to creating portal sites for their citizens. In the United States the main portal is USA.gov in English and in Spanish in addition to portals developed for specific audiences such as Disability.gov.

In the United Kingdom the main portals are Directgov (for citizens)
The official web portal of the European Union is Europa (web portal). Europa links to all EU agencies and institutions in addition to press releases and audiovisual content from press conferences.

All relevant health topics from across Europe are gathered in the Health-EU portal.