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E-Government:

E-Government refers to the use by government agencies of information technologies (such as Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile computing) that have the ability to transform relations with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. These technologies can serve a variety of different ends: better delivery of government services to citizens, improved interactions with business and industry, citizen empowerment through access to information, or more efficient government management. The resulting benefits can be less corruption, increased transparency, greater convenience, revenue growth, and/or cost reductions - facilitating two-way citizen engagement or "digital democracy"

Analogous to e-commerce, which allows businesses to transact with each other more efficiently (B2B) and brings customers closer to businesses (B2C), e-government aims to make the interaction between government and citizens (G2C), government and business enterprises (G2B), and inter-agency relationships (G2G) more friendly, convenient, transparent, and inexpensive.

E-Commerce has evolved already through four stages: 1) publishing, 2) interactivity, 3) completing transactions, and 4) delivery. To date, most e-government activity has centered on publishing. A study by Anderson Consulting finds vast differences among countries in the maturity of their e-government effort. Perhaps the key finding, however, is that even the most mature countries have tapped less than 20% of the potential. For more detail Contact e-government NCBTC, and digital citizen-as a partner in the legislative process

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E-Government = Creating Tools of the Trade "What Citizens Want from E-Government" Access to one-stop shopping (one portal for all government services)

iNetworks Canada has helped created the e-Government Small Business Administration, which successfully launched its SBAExchange Pilot Program — an electronic purchasing tool designed to facilitate small business e-procurement opportunities and improve the efficiency and accountability of current government procurement processes.

The mission of the SBAExchange is two-fold; to reduce costs and improve efficiency and accountability of procuring goods and services by federal agencies from small businesses, and to help small businesses participate in an e-procurement system that requires little or no technical expertise or equipment investment.

The SBAExchange is an online tool that allows agencies to award simplified acquisitions up to $100,000 (including micro-purchases) to small businesses. Purchases and payments are made electronically with government-wide commercial purchase cards.

Government agencies will be able to use SBAExchange to award purchases over $25,000 that have been posted in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps), provided the notice states that the award will be made electronically. The program is designed to help small businesses compete for purchases that are currently being obtained through other contracting methods. To participate, small businesses must obtain an Internet-based Supplier Web Site from the SBAExchange. Through the Supplier Web Site a small business receive:

• A fully hosted, supplier branded, e-commerce website;
• Exposure to federal buying authorities, large federal prime contractors and other large buying officials;
• An electronic catalogue;
• A centralized order management system for receiving and processing Internet- based orders from federal, state, local and commercial buying authorities;
• A management system for tracking new business, creating and submitting quotes and;
• Assistance/staffs in managing the new site.

SBA kick-off this pilot program nationally on March 30, 2003 when agencies can begin awarding transactions through the system. In order to ensure a successful launch in March, the small business electronic catalogue development period began on October 30, 2002. The annual cost to participate in the SBAExchange Pilot Program is $1,500. Additionally, a transaction fee of two percent will be added to all orders.

What we can do for your Government or Institution

We are not interested in simply re-selling technology. We sell innovative solutions that take full advantage of today's technologies, improving productivity in the most cost-effective ways, and ultimately improving our customers' competitiveness in the marketplace.

We are uniquely qualified to provide large businesses and government agencies with the ability to conduct e-business transactions with the many unique segments of the small business community ? completely over the web and seamlessly leveraging existing technology investments.