CIO Council funds eight new portals, seeks e-gov ideas

The CIO Council's e-government committee also announced last week that it is seeking the best ideas of senior executives at federal agencies on electronic government. Executives can e-mail their suggestions on e-government activities and strategies to , the Office of Management and Budget announced last week. Over the next two weeks, several agency leaders will also be asked to speak with members of the task force to share their ideas. The task force, which began meeting for the first time last week, is led by Mark Forman, associate director for information technology and e-government at OMB. "The task force welcomes and encourages the exchange of ideas on improving e-government with federal executives, employees and other interested parties," said Jennifer Wood, an OMB spokeswoman. Based on information collected by the task force from managers' personal appearances and e-mails, the President's Management Council will choose about 10 e-government projects to serve as the nexus of the White House's e-government mission over the next two years.