Information Technology (IT) systems and services have become indispensable for almost all federal government agencies to effectively and efficiently carry out their mission services for our citizens.
Open government and open data paved the way for current government initiatives around data and evidence – enabling agencies to leverage data effectively is more important now than ever before.
As Congress moves ahead with multiple bills to address current economic conditions, putting in place an effective mechanism to implement programs with those dollars will be paramount.
The stories of FirstGov, the E-Government Strategy, and the E-Government Act of 2002 all stem from visions of the future and supportive implementing coalitions that paved the way for digital government transformations yet to come.