In reference to the Chronicle of Higher Education Article on making
gov't info available on line, the Science and Government Report for
Nov. 15 notes a GPO publication titled "Making Government Work: Electronic
Delivery of Federal Services (GPO Stock No. 052-003-01346-1 178 pp. $11

The Report was written by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
and according to the summary I read: "the federal government
is stumbling around in efforts to provide public services and information elect
ronically.  the report focuses on the big federal programs --food stamps,
social security benefits, small business loans, etc.  but makes a passing
reference to the electronic potential for "15,000 scientists who receive
NSF resarch grants each year"  (NSF is working on electronic grants filing,
review and management, as is NIH--though the later goes unmentioned.)
The report says the government "lacks an interagency or national strategy
to implement electronic delivery strategies, and needs to develop one to
leverage its efforts and to assure that important issues such as privacy and
access are addressed.""
Well, we do get our NSF grant notices electrnically --perhaps there is
light at the end of the tunnel?   From the sounds of this report, it
doesn't sound like GPO is going to meet the one year deadline in the
legislation...

I plan to order the report and review it.  I'll let the group know if
I see anything else of interest.

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