Five agency e-government projects yesterday received best-in-show recognition out of 25 finalists for the Excellence.Gov awards sponsored by the CIO Council, the Industry Advisory Council and E-Gov at the Web-Enabled Conference in Washington.
Read more: USA: Agency projects receive top Excellence.Gov awards
The Internal Revenue Service's e-government initiative to provide online tax filing for businesses has become so much more complex than leaders expected that the agency is writing a new business case to support the initiative's needs.
As agencies advance in their deployment of the 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives, they are discovering that funding really does make a difference.
A federal initiative designed to verify the identity of citizens doing business with the government over the Internet is facing funding delays, according to Bush administration officials.
Read more: USA: Funding delays stall expansion of online identification
Sugar Land residents, by the end of the month, can begin paying their water bills on the city's web site at its new, simpler domain, www.sugarlandtx.gov. Residents may also view their billing history, service and consumption summaries.