The council backed up its recommendations with polling done by Peter Hart and Robert Teeter in August 2000 and January 2001. E-gov security and privacy were the top concerns of those polled. Stephen Goldsmith, an adviser to President Bush on government reform issues, said anything that saves money and improves services concurrently, as e-government does, is important. Electronic government gives government the chance to do things better and more easily, Goldsmith said. The creation of an electronic government will not be free of obstacles.
Agencies continue to have trouble attracting workers with the necessary technical skills.
We have a digital economy with an analog government. Davis said that the blueprint would get serious consideration from his subcommittee. He supports the concept of having an e-government czar and also backs the idea of creating a working capital fund. Davis said that e-government would transform federal agencies and the jobs within them. He admitted that some workers could lose their jobs in the move to an electronic government.