I want to thank the Year 2000 Project Office and all of the MIS staff who have worked so hard on this issue for over a year now. I am confident that our efforts will be successful if we remain diligent in accomplishing our remediation and contingency planning goals. As we are less than 40 days from January 1st, it is time to start thinking about what s next. If we focus the same commitment that we have on Y2K on our e-government initiatives, I believe that we can become a national model for how governments can leverage Internet technologies to improve the way they do business. However, to maximize the power of the Internet and the city s intranet we must do more.
Intranets can greatly improve how agencies operate internally.
An intranet site looks and acts just like an Internet Web site, except it is accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization. In addition, intranet technology can help automate procurement, human resource, and financial systems. City agencies can transform how they interact with the public by making their Web presence more interactive. For example, whenever possible, we should allow citizens to submit applications online for licenses, permits, titles, and services. They should also have the option to pay online for all government services, fees, tickets, and taxes.