Numerous sly comments elided in the interest of bandwidth... Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:29:53 -0400 Reply-To: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Stephen T. Middlebrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Pay.gov -- Treasury announces Government payment portal To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From Reuters: The Treasury Department said Tuesday it was setting up a new Internet gateway to streamline the handling of payments to the federal government and spur the digital economy. The project, called Pay.gov, will let the government process online -- more cheaply and efficiently -- any of the 80 million transactions it handles each year, the department said. `It'll cover everything from a family paying for a camping license for a national park to a corporation paying fees or fines,'' Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat told a press conference showcasing federal electronic commerce initiatives. He described Pay.gov, which is to be phased in starting in late October, as ``cutting edge'' technology designed to make the government more accessible, modern and ``consumer friendly.'' Full story at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000725/wr/ustreasury_online_dc_2.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000725/wr/ustreasury_online_dc_1.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000725/aponline115455_000.htm Treasury press release at: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/ps800.htm stm --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
