Companies exist now that are virtually paperless.
Turner backed a recent study by the Progressive Policy Institute, the research arm of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, that admits there's not much political support for investing in electronic government right now. Lawmakers, who decide what IT investment agencies make, just don't know much about what needs to be done so that government develops cutting-edge services, he says. Most agencies let you download forms, search databases or do research from the web, but ideas that would save serious money and time, such as single-point submission of import and export data, haven't gone very far. Turner and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. Lieberman is also looking for corporate advice.