David Fletcher: eGovernmentElectronic GovernmentIllinois Atlas- May 27, 2004 Illinois Atlas is an excellent resource for maps of that state. The maps each portray an important story and are very consistent and high quality in their presentation. Categories are very clear and understandable. This resource appears to be heavily supported by Northern Illinois University's Center for Government Studies, an excellent example of cooperation between higher education and government. The state of New Hampshire has made some significant improvements to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/27.html#a1338 Federal Process Improvement Systems- May 21, 2004 The U.S. federal government is a BIG enterprise. With that in mind, OMB and FEAPMO have created the Federal Enterprise Architecture Management System (FEAMS). FEAMS is supposed to help agencies during the budget process discover other e-government initiatives within the federal enterprise that might be leveraged by a given agency. In a large enterprise, this is very important. Agencies often do not know what their peers are doing which limits the development of...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/21.html#a1328 Colorado Internet Portal Authority- May 17, 2004 Colorado has created the Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority. They are charged with bringing Colorado into the 21st century and begin to offer services that many other states have been offering for years. The Colorado Deputy CIO refers to the existing Colorado portal as "a (year) 2000 or 2001-ish definition of a portal." I think he may even be generous with that. more on this topic from the Rocky Mountain News Here's the bill that creates the "internet portal...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/17.html#a1326 A New Vortal- May 14, 2004 Bonj, who works for the State of Missouri, is excited to get a new blade server so he can move applications off system 390. My employees get excited about getting new blades also. Bonj stayed several years ago in almost the same hotel room that I was in for NASCIO. Last week, Doug Chandler mentioned that the first regional 700 MHz plan has been accepted by the FCC. I met with the Utah Business Portal committee yesterday. We are working out plans for phase 2 of that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/14.html#a1325 Singapore's new Commercial-look Traffic Portal- May 13, 2004 Singapore's government, which typically ranks near the top in e-government, has just completed a new traffic portal. It breaks substantially from the typical government appearance and is managed through a private partnership. Take a look.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/13.html#a1323 E-Gov Top Ten- May 11, 2004 Accenture's Top Ten 1 Canada 2 United States 3 Singapore 4 Australia Denmark Finland Sweden 8 France 9 United Kingdom Netherlands 11 Belgium Ireland Japan Canada was ranked first in Accenture's recent e-government study with the United States and Singapore coming in second and third. Here are a couple of sites which I think demonstrate the strength of Canada's egov services: Budget 2004: New Agenda for Achievement List of RSS feeds from Canada's.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/11.html#a1319 Bush Outlines Technology Goals- May 3, 2004 Last week, President Bush spent a few minutes talking about technology: "...if we want the people to be working here at home, this country's got to stay the leader in innovation and change and the government can help." He specifically mentioned increasing government spending on R&D, encouraging private investment in R&D through tax credits, developing a new energy strategy that reduces dependence on foreign oil, overhauling the medical system through the use of electronic records...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/egovernment/2004/05/03.html#a1308 |