E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007

A bill to amend the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) to reauthorize appropriations, and for other purposes.

9/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the E-Government Act of 2002 to reauthorize appropriations through FY2012 for:
(1) the integrated Internet-based system providing public access to government information and services (federal Internet portal);
(2) the governmentwide repository and website;
(3) the study of best practices at community technology centers, development and dissemination of the online tutorial, and promotion of community technology centers;
(4) common protocols for geographic information systems; and
(5) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) electronic government services, and federal management and promotion of such services. Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY2012 for:
(1) coordination of federal information policy (information security);
(2) the E-Government Fund; and
(3) the Information Exchange Program. Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to extend the Computer Standards Program through FY2012. Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to:
(1) develop best practices for agencies to follow in conducting privacy impact assessments; and
(2) ensure that publicly available online federal government information and services are made more accessible to external search capabilities, including commercial and governmental.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
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Committees

• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2321

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November 07, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Sep 16, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 970..
• Sep 16, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-465.
• Dec 11, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
• Added to calendar on Nov 14, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably..
• Nov 14, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Nov 07, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
• Introduced on Nov 07, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Government information
• Authorization
• Budgets
• Civil liberties
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• Computers
• Electronic government information
• Executive departments
• Geographic information systems
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Governmental investigations
• Internet
• Right of privacy
• Standards
• Technology
• Telecommunication

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December 14, 2007 Government Information and Services Must be More Accessible ...

At the heart of the discussion was the E-Government Authorization Act of 2007, S. 2321, which would extend for five years legislation Lieberman originally ...

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December 11, 2007 Panel Suggests Ways to Index Government Documents

In November, Lieberman introduced a bill, S. 2321, which would extend the E-Government Act of 2002 for an additional five years, and require government ...

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November 14, 2007 Senate Considers Better Spidering As Law

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December 31, 2008 All Things Reform: Join Social Actions contest to create an ...

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December 15, 2008 Sunlight Foundation » Significant GovTrack.us Improvements

You can get a taste for the new features, for example, on the bill text page for the e-gov reauthorization act (S. 2321). As you scroll down and mouse over the bill text, you can see the individual sections of the bill have been ...

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