TECHNOLOGY:
How the Information Infrastructure of Electronic Government Will WorkWe are in an era of technological upheaval--the information age. The advances in information technologies of all types have caused businesses to rethink the way they operate and governments to reinvent the way they do business. The future look of governments is what this electronic meeting is all about. How will governments work, individually and together, for Americans.
In the other topical discussion areas, we are talking about what electronic governments will do and generally how they will do it. Here, it is more what they will do it with--the technological tools to accomplish the tasks of governing.
The Information Infrastructure Task Force, a Federal government body, along with the Information Infrastructure Advisory Council, made up of representatives of State and local governments, industry, and academia, are also looking at the face of future governments. They are looking at issues such as the need for telecommunications reform, security matters, privacy, reliability and vulnerability, intellectual property rights, health issues and the technologies themselves.
Interoperability, the ability to communicate with one another, is a critical goal for future governments. Federal, State, Tribal and local agencies must be able to interact instantly and effectively.
Questions regarding the technology of electronic government.