Use this version. Email this to a friend. Agencies will be pushed to use more and more information technology to improve Americans' quality of life, according to details released Monday on Clinton's technology directive.
All agencies are to work toward developing a single portal for government information.
To make it easier for citizens to find that information, the administration wants to organize it by category or type instead of by agency. Agencies also are directed to upgrade the way they use Internet technology to provide their services to the public and their employees. Techniques could include expanding training programs, identifying and adopting best practices, and partnering with the research community. Bolstering Internet use increases the security and privacy risks, and the directive addresses those concerns. To this end, all federal agencies must continue posting privacy policies on their World Wide Web sites and issue a governmentwide minimum of 100,000 digital certificates through the General Services Administration by December 2000.