At the other extreme, getting every agency to agree on a few compatible e-mail packages is hardly likely. As the council refines its definition of this piece of its vision, it should also urge each CIO to see that interoperable e-mail becomes a goal of his or her own agency. That alone would be a huge accomplishment for many agencies. At least then, interagency e-mail uniformity would be starting from a base of a couple dozen disparate systems, not from the mishmash of thousands that exists now. Still, it's good that the CIO Council dreams.
Somebody has to.
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