The Building Blocks of a Digital Government Strategy.
Government Finance Review › Vol. 16 Nbr. 5, October 2000
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The Building Blocks of a Digital Government Strategy.
Rising citizen expectations for electronic service delivery and the costs of delaying electronic commerce are pressuring state and local governments to change. The author discusses the building blocks of implementing an e-commerce and e-government strategy.
A recent news release by the White House states, "Access to computers and the Internet and the ability to effectively use this technology are becoming increasingly important for full participation in America's economic, political, and social life. In recent years, access to computers and the Internet has exploded. Unfortunately, there is strong evidence of a "digital divide"--a gap between those individuals and communities that have access to these Information Age tools and those who don't." [1] Falling Through the Net, the official study by the Department of Commerce, presents extensive data on Internet utilization trends of different population groups in the United States. It concludes with some policy steps that might be taken to bridge the digital divide. A digital divide also is taking shape across state, provincial, and local governments in Canada and the United States. This divide is one that can shrink over time wit...See the full content of this document
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