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2006 Workgroup Papers... |
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Identity Management and the related technologies are topics of intense interest to a rapidly growing universe of Government personnel as they contemplate various implementations to enhance security, improve access control and reengineer Government-Citizen interaction to cut costs and improve service. There will be many people in Government who need to quickly and efficiently learn about these technologies. This workgroup intends to produce a reference rich document and “Quick-Reference” brochure for those new to the subject. These documents will provide a ready resource to quickly ramp up on the topic and to locate the best information we can offer. |
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This group is looking to the future of identity functions in the U.S. and around the globe, updating previous work done by EC3, and anticipating what should and will be done over the next several years to create a trustworthy, secure identity infrastructure that will meet the functional requirements and privacy needs of government and non-government users and relying parties. This group will include work on policy, process and technology looking well beyond current work in Government to outline the interesting, the successful and the failing approaches for the future. |
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2005 Workgroup Papers... |
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The world of technology, especially information technology, is ever changing and with it, the landscape facing the IT planner and decision maker. This paper seeks to describe the environment that has been generated, and to offer some guidelines based on concrete examples for successful practices to employ. |
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview about RFID technology, how it is being used and some preliminary thoughts on its relevance for government. As this technology becomes more widely deployed it is creating significant cost savings, new revenue opportunities and enhanced services. |
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This paper seeks to describe and discuss the impact on state and local public agencies of the unintended results created by new regulations and changes in regulatory assignments by the federal government. Several case studies are highlighted to show what jurisdictions are doing to solve this issue. |
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The paper is designed to make the case for changed behaviors that support a more secure electronic ecosystem. All citizens are affected by identity theft and fraud and this document will explore the concrete efforts that can be undertaken to combat identity theft and fraud. |
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This paper will define an identity federation and the three functional roles, a set of operating rules and a technical infrastructure. Case studies are included to allow the reader a clearer understanding of the lessons learned and best practices. |
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the current environment for electronic payments for the receipt of revenue for public sector payments. The paper is designed to inform readers about the various stakeholders on the issues, considerations, advantages and disadvantages of electronic alternatives to traditional methods. |
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This paper is intended to inform finance, procurement and information technology professionals about how to more effectively integrate financial and procurement systems. The scope of the project grew from a narrower focus on just data integration to a broader objective of identifying best practices designed to promote successful integration of financial and procurement data |
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This pamphlet provides a brief, comprehensive guide to
radio frequency ID tags. |
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2004 Workgroup Papers... |
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This paper addresses the real world dilemmas of what a
government records is and the task of its lifecycle management by
proposing a working definition of a record, discussing the challenges of
managing records, and identifying a set of best practices
recommendations. |
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This paper introduces
the concept of performance-based contracting and how it works.
In addition, examples of how local governments are beginning to work
PBC elements are discussed. Finally discussion on how
performance-based contracting can affect what happens once a
contract is awarded is also addressed. |
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The advent of the
electronic record keeping has increased the cost and annoyance
associated with discovery. This paper will address this new
reality. It will discuss how civil discovery rules treat
electronic records and how the very nature of electronic records
creates unforeseen burdens in light of these rules. Recent
developments in the apportionment of the heavy costs of electronic
discovery both in federal and state courts will also be addressed. |
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In May of 2004, the eC3 called for nominations for
the Effectiveness Through E-Payments Awards. To be eligible,
projects must have been implemented an electronic payment or receipt
application by April of 2004; demonstrated revenue maximization,
costs savings or cost containment; and presented the opportunity to
be replicated by other governmental entities. The overall
award winner was New York City NYCServe ePayment Project. |
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Identity Management can include securely managing
identities from identity theft, managing the dormant and orphaned
accounts that may still be open/available for misuse in an
organization, improving organizational efficiency by introducing
administrative simplification, meeting regulatory and auditing
requirements, and managing routine growth and constraints that may
occur in the government sector. This document will discuss the
impacts of on different business units by the role of identity
management and then showcase a number of case studies from the
public sector. |
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This document is
written as a handbook for the government executive who is
considering an initiative to deploy either one or many N-1-1
solutions. It is the goal of this paper to provide best
practices, lessons learned, and specific case studies as background
and valuable information as the executive begins to undertake such
an important initiative. The handbook is divided into
the following areas: 1) strategic goals and objectives, 2)
governance, 3) technology, 4) deployment and 5) communications and
outreach. |
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2003 Workgroup Papers... |
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The success of enterprise identity and access
management in a government setting requires the acknowledgment of key
concerns and challenges that must be resolved. The organizational
culture of each agency must be considered and respected. This document
explores the policy dialog, describing the opportunities, processes,
technologies and risk of deploying an enterprise identity and access
management solution for state governments. |
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Government agencies and departments are increasingly
recognizing the need to work together across their traditional
boundaries to deliver government services in a mode that is referred
to as cross boundary integration. This document is intended to help
government agencies participating in or considering launching cross
boundary projects to define an effective cross boundary governance
model. Cross boundaries leaders need to put as much effort into
planning a governance model as they do planning the XB solution - a
step that will significantly improve the overall chances for success. |
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Public reliance on "old world" approaches
to identity functions makes identity theft and fraud an extremely
lucrative endeavor. Technology fixes such as better card technology
can be applied to make them harder to defraud. These are the
relatively easy things to do, but they are also short-term and
relatively ineffective solutions. A more comprehensive solution is to
be found in designing and implementing an identity infrastructure to
meet our functional needs. This paper will explore thought provoking
look at current and future functional identity needs and what will be
necessary to meet them. |
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E-Government initiatives continue to be enormously
popular across all levels of government. The eC3 has been tracking
the evolution of e-commerce and e-government initiatives, and
publishing white papers for several years. eC3 has collected
examples of e-government projects that demonstrate the type of
business case that will be necessary to be successful. These examples
are intended to help organizations in reviewing and planning their
respective e-government initiatives. |
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Cross boundary integration will redefine the way
citizens and businesses relate to their government. Although great
progress has been made, there is much to be done. This paper
recommends that governments identify opportune communities of interest
where teams can be formed to formulate a plan, identify a champion and
contribute to the growing base of XBI collaborations. |
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2002 Workgroup Papers... |
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E-government is changing the way government
conducts business and captures evidence of that business. Whether government
agencies are delivering services via the Internet or just keeping track of
contacts through a Web-based database, a range of electronic records
challenges and opportunities emerge. This paper discusses those challenges
and opportunities, and provides a flexible framework for making the most of
new information systems for managing electronic records. |
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In the eC3 Electronic Payments Primer, you will learn about
electronic funds transfer, various types of payments, and how they work. You
will find suggestions for applications that are appropriate for each payment
type. Furthermore, the primer explains how payment cards and virtual payment
systems work while highlighting their benefits and challenges. |
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Prior to the Internet, procurement functions
were thought by many to be contentious, mundane processes of the
overall enterprise. Most organizations had separate
procurement offices, or preferred to assign people within the
individual departments to specific purchasing tasks. |
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This paper is designed to identify the
beginnings of the electronic signature revolution, and provide up
to date trends in digital signature e-government applications as
well as legal trends in the validity of what constitutes a true,
binding electronic signature when used in a contract. |
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The purpose of this identity management white paper is to educate
government and non-government decision-makers about identity management; identify approaches to achieving identity management;
suggest an appropriate role for state governments in identity management; and provide
a contribution to, and stimulus for, further dialogue regarding identity management and the role
of government in it. |
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This document is intended to provide guidance
for state agencies concerning the risks involved in the creation and
maintenance of transactions and signed electronic records, and issues to
consider when determining how such records should be retained over time. |
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This document offers agencies models that can be adapted to establish policies and
procedures for effective e-mail use and management. It is divided into three chapters: a model e-mail
use policy, a model retention schedule, and a model user’s manual. The chapters are written for e-mail
users, rather than administrators who are developing policies for implementation. |
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This paper attempts to outline what
governments are doing to justify their e-commerce or e-government
investments, trends for determining a project’s ROI, as well as the
rationale behind requiring ROI justification. Information gathered from both successful and not so successful projects
is summarized in order to provide the reader with the tools needed to increase the
probability an e-commerce or e-government project. |
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2001 Workgroup Papers... |
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This white paper addresses a combination of two issues
facing agencies purchasing electronic and information technology that is
accessible to employees and the members of the public: multi-lingual content
management is important for states with large ethnic diversities, while
Section 508 clarifies accessibility requirements. |
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Since many services conducted by government have
similarity, application sharing should be considered both at the
intergovernmental level and the intragovernmental level. The concept
has been broken down into four categories: Sharing of Code, Sharing of
Components, Sharing of Services, and Sharing of Computing. |
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As government entities at all levels seek to meet citizen
demand for providing access to government information and services on the
internet, citizens expect governments to protect their interests,
including providing assurances that information and assets are
controlled and secured, access is easily available to the masses, and
personal information is protected. |
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Establishing and maintaining processes that are
interdisciplinary from the technical, audit, policy, and legal standpoint,
in both the development and operation of information systems and electronic
government will go a long way towards hindering a cyber terrorist attach on
government systems, records and transactions. |
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Part I of this paper catalogs existing federal statutes,
regulatory initiatives, policies and practices that affect online privacy
issues and outlines major online privacy protection bills currently under
consideration. Part II addresses a broad sampling of existing as well
as proposed state laws, policies and practices that impact the use and
distribution of personal information through the online medium. |
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In an environment were State budgets are shrinking and
agencies are competing for funding for technology initiatives, a business
case can provide agency executives with the business and financial
justification that can secure the support and funding required to build
e-Government applications. |
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Information technology has wrought a fundamental change in
our society's economy. Online business transactions have so completely
eliminated common barriers to competition that definition of both the
playing field and the players must be recast to encompass the globalization
of access to labor, products and services and to the view that intellectual
capital is now the key natural resource to a successful business enterprise. |
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Practical guidelines that provide a general direction on
how state government agencies can ensure the authenticity, integrity,
security and accessibility of electronic records (e-records). |
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There are three primary funding models for e-procurement
system implementation: the traditional acquisition model, the self-funding
model, and the hybrid-funding model. Tangible benefits from each
include the ability to introduce, increase, and improve strategic sourcing
on indirect and direct commodities; the ability to reduce resource currently
in paper and manually based procurement process through improved payment
process and decreased cycle time, the opportunity for increased auditing and
automated accountability and tracking from start to finish, and increased
and more sophisticated reporting functionality. Intangible benefits
include the ability to improve and introduce commodity and vendor
management, reduced turnaround and improved throughput, improved trending of
cost-center spending, improved visibility of price changes, and improved
spending controls and employee compliance. |
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The different signing processes available to form
electronically signed electronic documents provide varying levels of
certainty and flexibility when identifying and attributing a signature
to an individual and assuring the integrity of both the document and the
signature. These variations suggest a need for defined levels of trust
to establish the extent to which a state government or other entity can
assume that an electronically signed electronic record (e-record) received
from another state has authenticity, integrity, and reliability. |
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Electronic signatures introduced by e-Sign and UETA create
new security challenges for maintaining public records integrity. This
paper discusses those challenges and introduces a document classification
scheme, a best practice state governments can adopt to help them fact the
security challenges of e-Sign and UETA. |
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XML-driven web services can create the dynamic framework
that lowers the dollar, time, and manpower investments to enable online
transactions, especially for environmental agencies and their business
constituents. |
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Individual state and local governments are involved in
creating and/or implementing electronic marketplaces as a means to improve
the effectiveness of the bidding process, as well as a means to process
purchase transaction for goods and services under contract and on the open
market. Reduced acquisition costs, broader catalog availability, more
dynamic pricing, improvements in government reporting, approval and
spending controls as well as increased vendor and government efficiency are
among expected benefits. The focus of this paper is primarily on the
e-procurement catalog portion of the systems and addresses the business
(versus purely technical) issues. |
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Today, use and development of "wireless to the
web" technology is reaching a critical mass and we are witnessing an
explosion in the use of wireless Internet appliances, including
Internet-ready mobile phone and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
Wireless technologies will improve public access to government information
and services and also enable government workers. |
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This document defines four Certificate Policies: two for
Digital Signature certificates, one for Notary Digital Signatures and one
for confidentiality/Encryption certificates. |
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A single enterprise-level (state-level) authority for the
collection, distribution, and enforcement of all related electronic
signature policies will increase the likelihood of efficient, and effective
authentication, encryption, and awareness of the signing act's legal
significance and transferability over time. |
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e-Sign record retention provisions allow state regulatory
agencies to set performance standards for electronic records that law,
rules, or regulations require private entities to retain. This paper
is designed to explain e-Sign's impact on the authority of states to require
that private parties retain written records of certain transactions. |
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