Re: [egov-ms] OASIS eGOV MS : NEW GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

["Daniel.E.Turissini.(Affiliate).ORC1000000106.ID" <turissd@orc.com>]

John,

The eGov Pitfalls is a very good report, and while it does address many 
relevant issues, many have already been technically addressed. A problem 
common to all of the issues [at least in the US] appears to be lack of 
focus and accountability leading to 'stove-piping' and the proliferation 
of personal agenda. For over ten years US E-Government legislation and 
regulations have promised the U.S. citizenry:
-- Electronic Records vs. Paper Records
-- Electronic Transactions vs. Paper Transactions
-- Electronic Signatures vs. Wet Signatures

Governance and infrastructures have been created by the Government to 
provide commercially-available, Government-sanctioned identification, 
authentication, authorization, and electronic signature capability for 
use by Federal agencies and others in E-Government and E-Commerce. 
Nearly ten years ago the Office of Management & Budget identified more 
then 5,000 Federal applications covered by the Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act:
-- Fewer than 10% of these applications currently comply with GPEA’s 
citizen-focusing requirements
-- The vast majority of these applications are represented by millions 
of static Web Pages with only very limited interactive capabilities and 
no real requirements for the identification, authentication, and 
authorization of users
-- Stovepipes are increasingly common, presenting the citizenry with 
many different methods for accessing and interacting with Federal 
applications
-- E-Government remains more a promise than a reality

The General Services Administration (GSA) reported two years [+/-] ago 
that it had spent more than $50 million on electronic identity 
authentication systems, but still cannot establish a market for those 
services among the Federal agencies. GSA is now actively repackaging 
these initiatives, while at the same time concentrating its efforts on 
the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 
(HSPD-12). It appears that there has been no market for GSA’s 
citizen-focused electronic identification, authentication, and 
authorization services because the interactive, citizen-focused 
E-Government services envisioned by the existing statutory and 
regulatory environment have materialized due to a lack of accountability 
measure that could enforce specific mandates. Instead of fielding good 
solutions [far better then the absence of a solution] we continue to 
spend millions re-crafting governance and guidelines in a quest for a 
perfect solution where everyone is happy - not necessarily secure.

Unfortunately, no single entity in the U.S. Government has been willing 
to take on the responsibility for successful implementation of a 
citizen-focused Electronic Government envisioned in the E-Government Act 
of 2002, and until that happens the promises and benefits of 
E-Government and E-Commerce in the United States will remain largely 
unachieved.


John Borras wrote:
> To All Members
> Your eGov Steering Committee (SC) has produced two new Guidance 
> documents which are attached for your review and comment please. These 
> are the first in a series of documents that we intend to produce on a 
> variety of aspects relevant to eGov matters.
> 1. eGov Pitfalls - this document highlights the major pitfalls of eGov 
> Programmes and provides advice on how to avoid and overcome these 
> issues. It draws on the first hand experiences of SC colleagues and 
> references many examples of good practice.
> 2. FLOSS Guidance - this document is a follow-up to our webinar last 
> December on the subject of Open Source. It also draws on the first 
> hand experiences of SC colleagues and references many examples of good 
> practice.
> Could I please ask you to let me have any general views, detailed 
> comments, suggestions for additional content, etc *by 6th April*. The 
> SC will then consider all proposed changes at their next meeting on 
> 12th April and look to approve and publish the documents for public 
> consumption soon thereafter.
> Regards
> John Borras
>
> Chair eGov Member Section
>
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