The national biological information infrastructure as an E-government tool
By: Ron Sepica.
Contributor(s): Kate Kase.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: New York : PERGAMON, 2002Government Information Quarterly 19, 4, p. 407-424 Abstract: Coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides access to data and information on the nations biological resources. Although it was begun in 1993, predating any formal E-Government initiative, the NBII typifies the E-Government concepts outlined in the Presidents Management Agenda, as well as in the proposed E-Government Act of 2002. This articlean individual case study and not a broad survey with extensive references to the literatureexplores the structure and operation of the NBII in relation to several emerging trends in E-Government: end-user focus, defined and scalable milestones, public-private partnerships, alliances with stakeholders, and interagency cooperationCoordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides access to data and information on the nations biological resources. Although it was begun in 1993, predating any formal E-Government initiative, the NBII typifies the E-Government concepts outlined in the Presidents Management Agenda, as well as in the proposed E-Government Act of 2002. This articlean individual case study and not a broad survey with extensive references to the literatureexplores the structure and operation of the NBII in relation to several emerging trends in E-Government: end-user focus, defined and scalable milestones, public-private partnerships, alliances with stakeholders, and interagency cooperation
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