The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced on Thursday that it has officially opened a new e-government office as required under a bill signed into law last November.
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The Bush administration released a new E-Government Strategy April 17 that shifts the emphasis from consolidation of goals to consolidation of actual systems.
An "e-government" program to make the federal government more citizen-friendly is $40 million short of its intended budget, potentially hurting White House efforts to bolster public access to important information and services, experts said.
Mark Forman today officially became the administrator for the Office of E-Government and IT within the Office of Management and Budget.
While his job description hardly changes, Forman’s new title and the creation of the office marks the beginning of the administration’s implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002. President Bush signed the bill into law last December.
Read more: USA: OMB begins e-gov act implementation with release of new E-Strategy report
Efforts to make Uncle Sam more accessible to citizens online will get a boost today with the creation of an Office of Electronic Government within the White House.