This paper first describes and explains how technology policy has gained the attention of this broader community including the growing overlap between economic development policy and technology policy. Given that these councils are relatively new institutions, we then propose the next steps for research in this area. Fundamentally, our interest in interoperability is really an interest in sharing information. Our report makes specific, practical recommendations to improving interoperability and to achieving these goals. Taken together, these recommendations cluster around the five central findings discussed below.
Interoperability means the sharing of information.
There is a natural evolution, or learning curve, in the development of interoperable systems. Sharing information means planning for both its collection and use. In a technology-driven society, technical standards are another kind of public law. Availability Phase 2 - provides practical policy and managerial recommmendations to public organizations at all levels of government. It discusses the recommendations in the context of the problems discussed in Phase 1.