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The E-Government Act of 2002 would establish the position of Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and with an agenda to further development in the delivery of government services to citizens via web sites. The Senate has passed their version of the bill (S. 803), and the House verion …
The Department of Energy’s CIO issued this report, E-Government Strategic Action Plan, A Roadmap for Delivering Services, which was digitally signed by Spencer Abraham, Sec. of Energy. The DOE is pioneering the use of digital signatures to facilitate the dissemination of official documents electronically, saving printing costs. The technology used is from Adobe Systems and …
OMB Watch is reporting on government web site scrubbing in a follow-up on this issue that was highlighted in a 9/18/02 article by Education Week.
The Community Technology Network Project (CTNP) is a joint program by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New Internet Computer Company (NIC) to provide thousands of Section 8 housing residents with free access to the Web and e-mail. The press release on this program is here.
Looking for links to public records for the seven counties in Northeast Ohio. Click here. See also Ohio – Online Access to Court Records, and my previous post on September 27.
The California Secretary of State’s website has an extensive, searchable database called Cal-Access that allows users to easily locate up-to-date campaign finance information from candidates, donors and lobbyists.
Some government officialsin Waukesha County, Wisconsin are re-evaluating their decision to provide online access to property records via their website . The privacy and safety of homeowners are at issue, but others argue that restricting this information amounts to censorship and a violation of the state’s open records law.
Rory Perry, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, is a pioneer who has transformed the dissemination of his court’s decisions via his summaries and direct links to cases on hisweblog.
An Online Journalism Review article posted on October 3, focuses on the intensifying debate over the availability of personal data on the Web, and specifically on the evolution of California case law on privacy rights. It is important to note that personal data finds its way to the Web through a number of database streams, …
Today the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report, How local officials use the Internet and the civic benefits they cite from dealing with constituents online. The report states “that local officials have embraced the Internet as part of their official lives and most now use email to communicate with constituents.”
The Electronic Government Act of 2002 (H.R. 2458), was passed by the House Technology and Procurement Policy Subcommittee , and sent it on to the House Government Reform Committee. The Senate companion bill is S. 803.
Washington state, via their Department of Social and Health Services Legislative Relations website, is working on a project to make available to the public “all legislatively mandated reports,” beginning with those from December 2001. The reports are posted according to topic, which range from Aging and Elderly Services to Juvenile Rehabilitation.
