| Gartner Says U.S. E-Government Spending to Surpass $6.2 Billion by 2005 |
| Analysts Examine the Outlook for E-Government During Gartner's Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000 |
San Diego, Calif., April 11, 2000 — While many enterprises have reinvented themselves to take advantage of the e-business marketplace, the U.S. government is preparing to transform itself into an e-government. Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) analysts project spending for e-government (including federal, state and local) will grow from $1.5 billion in 2000 to more than $6.2 billion by 2005. Gartner analysts provided their detailed analysis on e-government today during Gartner's Spring Symposium/Itxpo 2000 conference at the San Diego Convention Center. This expenditure is for e-business-related hardware, software, and internal and external service. Gartner analysts said the government must be prepared for some difficulties in making this sort of a transformation.
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"E-government promises of operational costs savings, improved service delivery and positive transformations of the government workplaces are real. However, a high rate of e-government project failures in the next several years may be unavoidable," said French Caldwell, research director for Gartner. "E-government transformation is manageable, and governments can take advantage of failures and cut innovation cycle times."
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Gartner segments the e-government market into three categories. The G2G segment represents government-to-government purchases, and the G2B segment covers government-to-supplier, and government-to-business transactions. The G2C segment represents government-to-citizen transactions.
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The G2G and G2B segments are projected to account for nearly 70 percent of e-government spending in 2000, with revenue reaching $1 billion. In 2005, the G2G and G2B segments will top $4 billion. The G2C segment is forecast to reach $455 million in 2000, and it will grow to $2.2 billion in 2005.
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Gartner has sessions devoted to the e-government market during Gartner's Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000, April 10-14. Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000 is featuring 130 strategic technology sessions. The sessions cover more than 25 tracks, including E-Business Transformation; Knowledge Management; Internet as E-Business Infrastructure; Security and Privacy: Application Development and the Internet; Mobile and Remote Access Network Strategies; and the Virtual Enterprise.
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Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2000 will also be presented in Cannes, France, 6-9 November. The conference will be held again in the United States, October 16-20 in Orlando, Florida. Symposium/ITxpo will move to Brisbane, Australia, October 24-27, and Tokyo, Japan, November 14-16. For more information on Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2000, call 1-800-788-1997, or visit the Web site at www.gartner.com/symposium.
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