Jim L. Barksdale More far-reaching and pervasive public services developed and delivered more quickly at less expense. A Web-based application that matches disaster victims with corporate and private relief providers can be developed in days and delivered to field workers much more quickly than anything either in print or on proprietary database applications. Every piece of data that travels across a network has the potential to educate the user at the other end of the pipe. Government has an unprecedented opportunity to leverage this technology to provide everything from online voting to the minutes from the last school committee meeting. From the standpoint of geographic information system technology, it is the ability to aggregate data from multiple sources and present them in a meaningful way.
Government can then make more informed decisions and serve and inform the public more effectively.
To lower the cost of governing while improving public services. Leveraging access channels like the WWW, telephones, screen phones, information kiosks and interactive television offer similar potential. Dr. Michael C.J. Cowpland Productivity. Joseph M. Daltoso Technology provides government with increased productivity and efficiencies through not only faster technology, but also the ability to communicate with and learn from other governments, whether it be U.S. or foreign, via the World Wide Web. Michael S. Dell Increased productivity.