Three years ago, Congress enacted the Government Paperwork Elimination Act requiring federal agencies to provide the public with the option of submitting, maintaining and disclosing information electronically by Oct. 21, 2003. The E-Government Act of 2002 further requires that public comments should be accepted "by electronic means."
The White House's e-government chief told a conference audience that she will focus on completing current e-government initiatives and reducing redundant tech spending.
Buying a state hunting or fishing license or renewing a state professional license is getting easier. People can go online rather than standing in line.
State agencies are working with Alabama Interactive, a private company, to help citizens get state licenses round the clock through their computers rather than dealing a state office during normal business hours.
Weiterlesen: USA: Alabama: Hunting, Fishing, Professional Licenses Now Offered Online
Once billed as the latest, best hope for a truly democratic society, the Internet is again eliciting utopian visions -- this time for the city of Waltham.
Ward 8 City Councilor Stephen Rourke is pushing to bring Waltham even further into the digital age by publishing council dockets on the World Wide Web for public consumption.
The US Government has suffered a major setback in its bid to offer services and transactions online
Delays over setting up a registration system for online services threaten to hold up the US federal administration's e-government programme, a senior member of Congress has warned.