You've Got A Refund. Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson said information technology removes geography as an economic barrier.
Local governments stand to lose substantial sales-tax revenues if electronic commerce takes off.
Historian James Burke said that loss of privacy is the price one pays for living in a networked society. It is more significant at the federal and state levels than at the local level. The proliferation of state procurement contracts being shared with local government is changing that. While the effect is significant and growing in a few areas, it is still early in the process to see wholesale changes in local-government procurement policies. Randy Johnson Local governments are moving gradually toward electronic procurement.