It provided a set of business reasons that took into account both galaxies of the buying and selling universe. The elements of government that have advanced the cause of EC are many and varied and range from big centralized shops like the Defense Logistics Agency, NASA and the General Services Administration, and out to local visionaries in county services offices. The White House and Office of Management and Budget have advanced the cause of EC and can only be expected to issue further mandates and regulations in the coming years. In By and large, ECRC s vision of an electronic marketplace was overwhelmingly adopted in the American private sector. By comparison, the notion of buying online has met a lukewarm reception in the federal sector.
Old habits die hard.
Some still fill out lots of forms. Some still spend hours on the phone searching for products or catching up with overdue orders. Some issue lengthy RFPs even when the requirement can be met with 100 percent COTS solutions. Some take costly trips to faraway places to chase a technology whose specifications are available in a few mouse-clicks. Then there is the credit card.