The EC Service Center will develop a single portal for citizens wanting to do business electronically with state government. It will address the broad policy issues of Information Security. Risk assessment is an important part of this discussion. They are organizing an internal working group of agency I.T. security staff to advise the I.T. Security Policy Committee. The third annual conference on electronic commerce in state government is co-sponsored by state Chief Information Officers, state Purchasing Executives, and state Controllers.
Registration is available on-line and agency staff are encouraged to participate.
In July 1999, Idaho issued an RFP to solicit a vendor to provide Electronic Business and Internet Portal services. This is similar to the self-funding model used by Indiana, Kansas, and others. In July 1999, Utah's governor by Executive Order, created AccessUtah with an outside vendor to provide Electronic Business and Internet Portal services. State agencies with federal programs will be able to use the Federal ACES contract to secure CA services for citizens wanting to submit documents with digital signatures to Oregon federal programs. It is not clear what states will do for non-federal programs needing CA services.