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Article | February 3, 2005
What's Next?
By Robert D. Atkinson
As the Bush administration enters its second term, what are we likely to see regarding digital government?
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Briefing | October 14, 2004
Unsatisfactory Progress: The Bush Administration's Performance on E-Government Initiatives
By Robert D. Atkinson
As other nations have raced ahead in e-government, the Bush administration has made, at best, halting progress. It is important that the federal government takes full advantage of the Internet to create a government that works better and costs less.
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Blueprint Magazine | July 27, 2003
Radical Reinvention
By Robert D. Atkinson
Democrats can seize the initiative on streamlining and modernizing government.
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Policy Report | May 1, 2003
Network Government for the Digital Age
By Robert D. Atkinson
If we are to restore the public's confidence in an activist and progressive government, moving forward on a radical reinvention initiative to bring government into the Information Age needs to be a central task.
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Public Comment | September 3, 2002
Treasury-IRS Proposal to Provide Free Online Tax Prep & Filing Services for Underserved Taxpayers
"[PPI was] pleased to see the creativity of the solution design, its reliance on the natural competitive forces of the private enterprise system, and its marriage of the twin commitments of governmental social responsibility and voluntary corporate citizenship."
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Presentation | June 27, 2002
E-Transformation and Its Discontents
By Robert D. Atkinson
Presentation to the 2002 E-Gov Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Policy Report | December 4, 2001
Opening the Mail: A Postal System for the New Economy
By Shane Ham and Robert D. Atkinson
The important goal is improving overall efficiency and quality in the postal system (public
and private) and improving service for customers, not to preserve USPS as we know it.
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Policy Report | November 27, 2001
Breaking Down Bureaucratic Barriers: The Next Phase of Digital Government
By Andrew Leigh and Robert D. Atkinson
As we come to the end of the first decade of digital government, policy makers have the chance to reshape government online so that it is centered on citizens, not bureaucracy.
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Article | August 2, 2001
Think Tank Leaves Imprint On Democrats' Tech Policy
By Bara Vaida
Since the fall of 1997, the Progressive Policy Institute has served as the "deep thinker" on high-tech policy for moderate Democrats. The imprint of Rob Atkinson, director of PPI's Technology and the New Economy project, is evident in many proposals espoused by Democratic lawmakers.
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Presentation | July 6, 2001
Digital Government: From Information to Integration
By Robert D. Atkinson
Presentation to the 2001 E-Gov Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Front & Center | April 27, 2001
Bad Idea of the Week: Corporate Ads on Government Web Sites
By Robert D. Atkinson and Rick Coduri
We believe that all governments -- federal, state and local -- should expeditiously and fully embrace digital technologies. But digital government is important enough in and of itself to be funded by government, not by corporate ad revenues.
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Blueprint Magazine | February 7, 2001
Thinking Outside the Box
By Robert D. Atkinson
Creating a "skunk works" for the federal government.
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Testimony | September 12, 2000
Establishing a Federal CIO: IT Management and Assurance within the Federal Government
By Robert D. Atkinson
Remarks before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations.
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Testimony | September 12, 2000
Moving to a Digital Federal Government
By Robert D. Atkinson
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Management Information and Technology
House Committee on Government Reform.
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Article | May 1, 2000
A Federal Report Offers Lessons for All
By Tod Newcombe
Comparing the federal, state and local sectors of government in this country may seem questionable, given the broad range in size and numbers. But when it comes to information technology, there are some universal truths that ring loudly no matter how large or small the branch of government.
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Blueprint Magazine | April 1, 2000
2001: A Personal Health Space Odyssey
By Katie Donohue
Store your health records. Talk to your doctor. Fill a perscription. All online and free, say boosters. But serious privacy issues must still be resolved.
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Policy Report | March 1, 2000
Digital Government: The Next Step to Reengineering the Federal Government
By Robert D. Atkinson and Jacob Ulevich
Done right, digital government promises to transform Industrial Age big government into
Knowledge Age smart government.
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Blueprint Magazine | January 1, 2000
E-Terror in Cyberspace
By Peter A. Wilson
A fictional cyberattack shows how vulnerable we are.
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Testimony | June 6, 1999
A New FCC for the 21st Century
By Robert D. Atkinson
"[O]ne of the defining characteristics of the new economy is ... speed -- speed innovation and entrepreneurship.... And unless the FCC really embraces speed as its defining principle in terms of the process, it's going to really delay and make this transition a lot more difficult...."
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Presentation | January 19, 1999
Moving to a Digital Federal Government
By Rob Atkinson
Presentation by Rob Atkinson at the Tower Club in Vienna, Virginia.
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