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Initial e-government initiatives, in a number of cases, did not meet all the expectations of their various constituencies. Today, government officials around the world are determining how the next wave of e-government initiatives can effectively offer citizens more services using fewer resources.

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New! Connected Cities: Achieving Sustainability Through Innovation

Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group Highlights Objectives of the Connected Urban Development Initiative


New! Realizing the Potential of the Connected Republic: Web 2.0 Opportunities in the Public Sector

Cisco IBSG sets out the ways that governments and state institutions the world over are adopting social media, paving the way for what the authors describe as 'Government 2.0'.


New! Trust Clouds: An Emerging, Horizontal Information-sharing Service for Governments


New! Transforming the Electricity System to Meet Future Demand and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions


Looking to the Future



Looking to the Future


Corporate Citizenship

Corporate Citizenship

While it is important to appreciate the position and work that a company like Cisco takes in its obligations to the broader societal, well-being, public sector entities play an enormously influential role in making such initiatives meaningful and in reinforcing their need.





Defense

Defense

The public sector and members of its respective militaries are being challenged to transform their military initiatives against a backdrop of ever-changing and complex threats to safety and security.





Education

Education

State budget cuts, teacher shortages and turnover, and security are issues that continue to preoccupy U.S. K-12 schools.







Health

Health

Public sector organizations worldwide support healthcare as part of their mandates. While the scope and degree of support varies, it is seen by citizens as one of the most important functions and duties of public service.





Public Safety

Public Safety

Nowhere has the public sector undergone a more strenuous reexamination of its policies, capabilities, and readiness, than under the broad umbrella of public safety.





Serving Businesses

Serving Businesses

Businesses of all sizes are the lifeblood of an economy and of any country that hopes to thrive in today’s fast-moving, technology-enabled global economy.





Serving Citizens

Serving Citizens

Public sector organizations are not focused simply on major policy matters. They carry a multitude of citizen-focused responsibilities and demands covering an astounding number and range of discrete programs and services aimed at improving the lives of their citizens.





Serving Public Sector Employees

Serving Public Sector Employees

The public sector is slowly adopting a one-enterprise point of view, where stakeholders do not need to which public sector organization or, even, which level of government is responsible for serving them.