Electronic Government: Federal Initiatives Are Evolving Rapidly But They Face Significant Challenges.

Abstract

The basic idea of e-commerce has actually been around for quite some time, but the World Wide Web has brought a lot of changes and new opportunities in the last few years. Until recently, e-commerce was mainly identified with electronic data interchange, or EDI. EDI allows one business's computer system to send routine information about transactions to another business's system, following standardized formats. Its focus is on business or trading partner data interactions, not serving consumers directly. The rise of the World Wide Web over the last few years has dramatically broadened the scope of electronic commerce. Electronic commerce is now seen as encompassing all aspects of buying and selling electronically, including marketing, end-to-end transactions with consumers, and on-line auctions. It is transacted through a variety of technologies, including EDI, electronic mail, electronic funds transfer, and web-based applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377824

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Multiple Access
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • Websites
  • World Wide Web

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Economics
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics