Thanks to my favorite Utah gov blogger, David Fletcher, for this story:OASIS forms eGov Technical Committee

A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS e-Gov Technical Committee (e-Gov TC) has been proposed by the following members of OASIS: John Borras, UK Office of e-Envoy; Jouko Salonen,
Republica; Marion Royal, U.S. GSA; Donald W. Upson, WebMethods; and Sinisa Zimek, SAP.

The goals of the TC are:

• to provide a forum for Governments internationally to voice their needs and requirements with respect to XML-based standards which can be handed off to relevant OASIS TCs (if they exist) or cause the formation of TCs for needs that are not currently being addressed.

• to provide a mechanism for the creation of best practice documents relative to the adoption of OASIS specs/standards within Governments internationally

• to promote the adoption of OASIS specs/standards within Governments (include all bi-directional forms: G2G, G2B, G2C), which could include the creation of implementation-oriented pilot projects to involve
  software vendors and participating government agencies to demonstrate the use of OASIS specs/standards.

• to work with other OASIS channels (e.g. XML.org for schema registry and/or information portal), act as a clearinghouse of information related to applicable specs/standards as well as activities and projects being conducted by Governments in the adoption of XML-based systems and standards.

The first meeting of the eGov Technical Committee will be held on December 13th.

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