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To: pat mudge who wrote (51)6/9/2000 9:11:00 AM
From: Francois Lavoie  Read Replies (1) of 76
 
Gore pledges to put
federal services online
by 2003

By Tom Shoop
tshoop@govexec.com

In a campaign speech on Monday, Vice President
Al Gore pledged to make nearly all of the services
of the federal government accessible online by
2003 if he is elected President.

Speaking at North Carolina State University, Gore
said he would "create a more responsive form of
government--we might think of it as
"e-government"--in which the best of
government services are online and interactive, so
the people have their government at their
fingertips--and so they can help create solutions
themselves and better take charge of their own
communities and lives."

Gore said he would require all major government
purchases to be made over the Internet, which he
said would lead to "tens of billions of dollars" in
savings. He also said government would create a
new online auction site called "g-bay" to sell off
equipment no longer needed by agencies.

Gore said services from comprehensive lists of
available health plans to interactive maps of crime
trends would be available online under his plan. He
pledged to set clear goals for agencies to achieve
and put performance reports online for citizens to
react to.

"With your help," Gore said, "I will tear down all
the barriers between the different departments and
agencies of our government, and obliterate the
barriers between you and the clear, understandable,
responsive common sense that you have a right to
expect." "The power of government should not be
locked away in Washington, but put at your
service--no further away than your keyboard,"
Gore added.

Gore spokesman Chris Lehane told the Associated
Press that implementing Gore's plan would cost
$100 million over the next three years, which
would be paid for with budget surpluses.
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