The US Congress will consider a bill in September designed to speed
up the deployment of e-government infrastructure and encourage
best practices through a new national loan scheme. The Nationwide Infrastructure Financing for E-Governance
Transactions at Educational Institutions legislation would introduce
funding and power to help state and local government acquire
broadband network capacity, hardware and software to deliver e-
government services to citizens through agencies such as schools and
libraries.
According to the draft bill, examples of services to be supported will include issuing marriage licenses, professional licenses, registrations, permits, deeds, titles, certificates, or records. The scheme also covers electronic benefits transfer, technology skills training, distance or life-long learning, business and industry educational needs.
As a funding condition under the bill, government bodies would have to demonstrate that they can repay loans within ten years and that services could become self-sufficient with revenue streams. It is expected that revenues will come from fees paid by citizens, royalty and copyright payments on software they develop, and lease or franchise fees from corporate customers.
There is no guarantee that the bill will become law, however, once it enters the political horsetrading arena of Capitol Hill. For further information Democrat Congressman Robert Andrews, who is sponsoring the bill, can be contacted through his aide Carlos Fenwick on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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According to the draft bill, examples of services to be supported will include issuing marriage licenses, professional licenses, registrations, permits, deeds, titles, certificates, or records. The scheme also covers electronic benefits transfer, technology skills training, distance or life-long learning, business and industry educational needs.
As a funding condition under the bill, government bodies would have to demonstrate that they can repay loans within ten years and that services could become self-sufficient with revenue streams. It is expected that revenues will come from fees paid by citizens, royalty and copyright payments on software they develop, and lease or franchise fees from corporate customers.
There is no guarantee that the bill will become law, however, once it enters the political horsetrading arena of Capitol Hill. For further information Democrat Congressman Robert Andrews, who is sponsoring the bill, can be contacted through his aide Carlos Fenwick on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Quelle: Headstar.com