Many efforts are already underway, with some notable successes. The Vice President s National Partnership for Reinventing Government has been a strong advocate of electronic commerce and of providing government services electronically. Several agencies have created imaginative web sites, putting numerous services and a wealth of information online. A number of states have taken leadership roles, experimenting with online motor vehicle registration or linking community training centers to the Internet, using technology to reduce the wait times for receiving government services and to improve the quality of life. But overall progress in digital government is uneven.
Computer security is an area needing improvement.
Just yesterday, the Government Affairs Committee reported out a bill that would establish a comprehensive Federal information security framework. I intend to introduce legislation this year, hopefully with bipartisan support, that will address some of these concerns, and help to make the government more efficient both for businesses and for individual citizens. I look forward to opening a dialogue with all interested parties as we craft this legislation. Let met turn to the work that the Progressive Policy Institute has already completed in this area. Rob Atkinson and Jacob Ulevich have conducted a thoughtful and impressive study on the enormous benefits of using information technology to promote digital government.