Criminal investigations, tax and benefits -- three different sides of the US federal administration are each to get the e-government treatment under new proposals issued on 21 July 2003. The White House department in charge of IT budgets has allocated $2.18m (£1.37m) out of its total $4.5m (£2.8m) budget to fund the projects which include a new electronic benefits payments system.
The moves follow recommendations made to the Government earlier this year to look into greater inter-agency collaboration on financial management, human resources, criminal investigations, monitoring of public health and data management.
As a result, four Government agencies are pooling $600,000 (£375,000) to fund follow up analysis of their own, including an examination of joining up criminal investigation in the justice department.
In a separate initiative announced this week, the US tax department is aiming to make its online tax payments services more accessible and user-friendly.
Website upgrades now enable tax payers to make several payments at any one visit to the site and change personal information, such as bank details, without the need to re-register.
Quelle: Kablenet
