Expanded Electronic Government

The federal government can secure better services at lower cost through electronic government (E-Government), and can meet high public demand for E-Government services. This Administration's goal is to champion citizen-centered E-Government that will result in a major improvement in the federal government's value to its citizens.

FHWA

FHWA supported the Department's team to implement a new payroll system. FHWA also implemented the new timekeeping system and is working toward full implementation of the new payroll system in FY 2005 as currently scheduled. FHWA participated on a Department team to select a new end-to-end automated travel payment system, as required by the General Services Administration (GSA). This included identifying requirements and assessing those systems on the GSA schedule. FHWA also participated in a new Departmental initiative to consolidate grant systems within the Department. This activity is in support of the federal Grant.gov initiative to make identifying and applying for federal grants much easier for the public.

FTA

FTA participated in a new Departmental initiative to consolidate grant systems within the Department. This activity is in support of the federal Grant.gov initiative to make identifying and applying for federal grants much easier for the public.

NHTSA

NHTSA registered 100 percent of all Web sites (Internet/Intranet) with the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) for Section 508 compliance and is ahead of target implementation for FY 2004.

FMCSA

FMCSA led the Department's initiative for the Business Gateway and leveraged this Web portal for providing FMCSA business services to motor carriers. In addition, FMCSA increased its partnership in several additional government-wide or Department-wide e-government initiatives that will help the Agency accomplish its missions and goals, such as Grants.gov, E-Authentication, and E-Rulemakings. Finally, FMCSA in partnership with a trucking industry workgroup, worked on data harmonization issues among forms. As a result, all required forms have been converted to electronic format and included in the E-forms Catalog. A Web E-forms portal was completed and launched on March 31, 2004.

BTS

BTS completed the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of all major IT systems and began the process of training IT project managers on C&A requirements.