Politicians are adding "pointing-and-clicking" to their usual shaking hands and kissing babies routine, as a Pew Internet Project finds that an overwhelming 88 percent of local elected officials use e-mail and the Internet in the course of their official duties, with 90 percent using e-mail in their official duties at least weekly and 61 percent using it daily.
The Office of Homeland Security has spent the past six months defining homeland security information technology needs at the federal, state and local levels as well as identifying existing initiatives that can be expanded to fill those needs.
Governments save money and better serve their constituents. Citizens skip the red tape and solve problems online. Investments in IT could allay the public’s qualms about interacting with the government.
The U.S. government is cleaning house on the technology front much in the same way large businesses are, said Norman Lorentz, who is helping spearhead President George W. Bush's e-government initiative.
The head of the Bush administration's e-government initiative said Wednesday that delays over budget approvals have not adversely affected information technology projects within federal agencies.
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