The 24 e-government initiatives identified by OMB are the largest change management model that exists, Chief Technology Officer Norman Lorentz said at a conference.
The Bush administration's 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives are paving the way for greater collaboration and information sharing among federal, state and local governments, officials said. Mark Forman, associate director for information technology and e-government, is getting state and local governments involved in OMB's e-gov initiatives.
Solutions-oriented purchasing and homeland security were the two drivers of this year's FOSE government IT trade show, held March 19-21 at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.
The Bush administration's 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives are paving the way for greater collaboration and information sharing among federal, state and local governments, officials said.
Senior government officials are putting a higher priority on electronic government than they did a year ago, but they are walking a tightrope to balance the twin tasks of developing e-government and beefing up the security of their IT systems, recent studies show.
AT&T Corp. won a contract worth $2 million a year to replace the search engine for FirstGov.gov, the federal government's one-stop portal for information and services.
AT&T Corp. has won a contract worth $2 million annually to replace the search engine for FirstGov.gov, the federal government's one-stop portal for information and services, the General Services Administration announced.
Vice President Cheney unveiled a redesigned FirstGov.gov Web site at a White House press conference Feb. 27. The redesign is one of the administration's first high-profile accomplishments in its efforts to expand Web-based government services. The relaunch of FirstGov starts the deployment of the federal e-government strategy.
E-government remains a top priority in the Bush administration's new budget, despite the emphasis given to homeland security and information assurance.
IBM Corp. has agreed to fund the study of electronic government for a three years at the University of Maryland. The research will be carried out by Robert H. Smith School of Business' Center for e-Service.
A government and industry effort to educate citizens about computer security will launch soon, but the ambitious plan to reach the nation's 60 million home computer users had to be scaled back because of a lack of money, a General Services Administration official said.
The Internal Revenue Service is re-examining whether to allow citizens to file income taxes directly online, a move that has raised the ire of tax preparation software companies and their supporters on Capitol Hill.
The State Department should revamp its process for reviewing export licenses before building a new e-license process system, according to a General Accounting Office report.
The General Services Administration, the lead agency on several electronic government initiatives announced by the Office of Management and Budget, is concentrating more on team building than on technology, at least in the early stages of development.
This year has been an important crossroads for the state and local government marketplace. Red-hot economic activity and overflowing revenue coffers have receded, while electronic government initiatives, though still moving forward, now must accommodate the new priorities and direction brought about by the events of Sept. 11.
In Washington, image means more than just looking good. It also means creating forms and documents that are easily accessible to government workers and the public. In fact, imaging is so much in demand these days, it's hard to find an agency that doesn't have some sort of imaging project going on.
