"Technology has helped provide American farmers and ranchers a competitive edge. Two months ago I announced that eGovernment will be a major focus for USDA this year. The computer and the Internet are changing our lives in many ways, and the eGov initiatives will help unleash their full potential for farmers and ranchers.
"[eGovernment] also supports the President's Management Agenda, which is improving the operation of the federal government with an emphasis of results. We began an initial redesign of the USDA Web site to focus more on our customers. The "customer statement" is the first of many new features that we will offer to better connect farmers and ranchers with USDA services and programs."
--From March 17 speech celebrating National Agriculture Day (Link to Full Text of Remarks)
"USDA's eGovernment... initiatives are an important part of the President's Management Agenda to improve the operations of government. And they will be an area of special focus for USDA this year.
Our goal is to use technology so that this Department of roughly 110,000 employees runs much more efficiently and is more responsive to the needs of American agriculture."
--From January 12 address to American Farm Bureau (Link to Full Text of Remarks)
eGovernment and USDA in the News
May/June 2004
Ohio Votes Yes on eVoting (June 10)
Grants.gov Receives Praise (June 7)
GSA: Marketing eGovernment Will Play A More Prominent Role (May 26)
Pew Internet & American Life Study: Almost 80% of US Internet Users Visited Government Sites Last Year (May 24)
OPM Builds Multi-Agency Training Site (May 24)
Reusing eLearning Courseware Can Be A Big Cost Saver (May 24)
OMB Pushing for Drafts of Target Architectures for Lines of Business Initiatives by June 30 (May 5)
