The Smithsonian Institution has launched an ambitious redesign of their sites based on a visionary “Web & New Media Strategy.” This complete re-working of strategy and technology will take years to implement, so in the mean time the Smithsonian hired IK to do a “refresh” of their primary web portal. This refresh will utilize as much of the Web 2.0 technologies as possible within the existing infrastructure. Committees are being organized and team meetings begin in December at the Smithsonian.