Twelve years ago, one Microsoft Corp. employee expressed interest in making the software giant's products more accessible to people with disabilities, spawning an initiative that has grown into a company unit of 40 full-time workers.
Electronic government initiatives are sweeping the nation, rapidly moving from the drawing board to implementation. In many respects, the focus of new online activity is centered on creating self-service applications to enable customers to complete entire transactions online.
Many systems integrators are abandoning the self-funding model for electronic procurement, and now are asking their state and local government customers either to split the funding costs or provide a financial guarantee on their investment, according to analysts and industry officials.
A wide variety of customer relationship management technologies are finding their way into the public sector as government officials discover the benefits of acquiring software solutions that promise better services, improved revenue and speedy contact with citizens.
Even the countries that top Accenture's ranking of electronic government capabilities still have a long way to go, according to the recently released study.
Even the countries that top Accenture's ranking of electronic government capabilities still have a long way to go, according to the recently released study.
Unisys Corp. is enhancing its portfolio of electronic government solutions for the public sector by offering a new portal server designed by Microsoft Corp., the company announced March 30.
Seeking to stake out a large chunk of territory in electronic government, Microsoft Corp.'s Chairman Bill Gates declared extensible markup language the language of government and Microsoft's .Net initiative as the best way to build e-gov applications.
New online services offered by government must be marketed to citizens in order to succeed, according to a new report from the Arlington, Va., PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government.
Oracle Corp. of Redwood Shores, Calif., has formed a partnership with J2C plc, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to deliver an online marketplace for local government procurement.
Many U.S. governors have a hard road convincing their legislatures that Internet technology can transform government and vastly improve the way services are delivered to citizens.
Officials at Deloitte Consulting aren't shy about their ambition to become the leading e-government consultant to the state and local government markets.
E-Gov, a Reston, Va., producer of electronic government events, has issued a call for papers for its "E-Learning: Investing in the Digital Workforce" conference, to be held Sept. 12 and 13 in Washington.
Internet payment solutions provider eOne Global LP of Napa, Calif., formed a new subsidiary that will provide electronic payments services to all levels of government, the company said March 27.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates described his company's plans to help empower governments and their citizenry through Internet technology.
Unisys Corp. is resolved to stand by its community portal project launched four months ago in Pennsylvania despite a problematic business model that has failed to attract funding from its government customer.
Local governments in Virginia should lead the effort to establish portals for their communities regardless of whether they are sponsored by private, public or nonprofit organizations, said a task force established by Virginia Gov. James Gilmore to help bring communities within the state online.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council March 9 suspended until May 11 so-called blacklisting rules that required federal agencies to consider a host of new criteria in awarding government contracts.
