GPEA requires that by 2003 federal agencies provide, where practicable, for the option of submitting, maintaining, or disclosing information in electronic form as a substitute for paper, and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures.
Only about 60 percent of federal agencies currently provide the option of electronic forms instead of paper.
mnli hypothesis: Only about 60 percent of federal agencies currently provide the option of electronic forms instead of paper. premise: GPEA requires that by 2003 federal agencies provide, where practicable, for the option of submitting, maintaining, or disclosing information in electronic form as a substitute for paper, and for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures.