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.
President Bush may have proposed a $100 million electronic government fund, but don't hold your breath waiting for the money to flow to your favorite Web project. That's the message delivered by Jasmeet Seehra, senior policy analyst in the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
A group of the nation's governors studying how the Internet can change the way government operates will receive a briefing from private and public sector experts on the matter at an upcoming National Governors' Association meeting in Washington.
Knowledge management initiatives are on the upswing as managers at all government levels face mounting pressure to work smarter and faster while wrestling with the demands of electronic government and a shrinking work force.
The Council for Excellence in Government unveiled a plan for achieving electronic government that recommends spending $3 billion and appointing an e-gov czar.
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is a harbinger of the coming convergence of the telecommunications and information technology markets, according to a leading telecommunications analyst.
The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the government market has left a nagging question for many startup companies still in business: What's the best way to make a profit?
Government agencies are scrambling to create what many see as the ideal in online services: a portal that cuts across agencies, providing a single place for citizens to interact with the government.
The fact that electronic government services represent only about 5 percent of today's state and local information technology market hasn't stopped some systems integrators from chasing it as if it were the only opportunity available.
VC3 Inc., a small integrator serving the public and private sectors, is seeking to expand its GovHost.com e-government division's reach nationwide through the Feb. 15 debut of a new reseller program.
The United Kingdom won't meet its goal of delivering all government services to citizens and businesses electronically by 2005, according to a recent report by Forrester Research Inc.
The government likely cannot adopt a completely commercial model for electronic procurement, and it probably shouldn't, according to Deidre Lee, director of procurement for the Department of Defense.
