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According to Government Computer News, the Department of Transportation’s launch of a new online rulemaking portal has been delayed to allow addition testing to ensure the backend can manage 1,000 simultaneous users.
OMB issued their Final Infomation Quality Guidelines, setting the standards for all federal agencies in terms of the “quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated to the public.” It is notable that the guidelines impact the both the availability and extent of data posted to government web sites.
It is unfortunate that this study, “The Politics of State Legislature Web SitesWho Gets Left Out?” is not available online. You can read the press release here. The authors of the study, three professors from Rochester Institute of Technologys College of Liberal Arts evaluated the content available to citizens and journalists who use these sites …
Federal government agencies are increasingly leveraging the Internet to disseminate information, communicate with citizens, and provide services that range from the online preparation and filing of tax forms to the preservation of digital archives of public documents. This new GAO report addresses key e-gov issues including user privacy, data security, the expansion of useful services, …
Darrell M. West, from the Center for Public Policy at Brown University, published a report this week evaluating e-government initiatives on the state and federal level. The report, U.S. State and Federal E-Government, Sept., 2002, is available via Mr. West’s site, Inside Politics. From the press release: “West…. and a team of public policy students …
A new grant report, State Government and E-Procurement in the Information Age: Issues, Practices and Trends, from the PriceWaterhouseCooper’s Endowment for the Business of Government, reviews e-procurement techniques that can save money and develop and speed services to consumers.
The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology announced their 2002 Digital Legislatures Awards. The top honor went to the Arizona State Legislature web site.
This report provides a New York state perspective on the value of e-government initiatives and examples of successful programs.
Via the new South Dakota Service Direct Portal, the state has made available over 1,100 forms, by service or category. Users may search for forms and download them, or fill them out online and submit them electronically.
The State Department web site had apparently been providing a link to the Republican National Committee web site, in violation of federal laws prohibiting the use of government resources to promote partisan causes. According to an article in the New York Times, the link was removed on September 12.
Since 9-11, there have been documented instances of information having been removed from government sponsored web sites, as well as indications that data that otherwise would be made public has simply not been published on the Web. A September 11 article in PCWorld addresses this issue, albeit well after its discussion in other venues. It …
This PCWorld article reviews various government sites from which data has been removed post 9-11, and also mentions watchdog groups that are monitoring whether and how this trend continues.
