Center for Digital Government strategy
Today’s Data Integration Imperative
Published: January 26, 2006
This 12-page strategy paper from the Center for Digital Government examines the need for governments to improve communications through better data and information sharing capabilities. The strategy looks at how governments can improve governing by more effectively tapping into the vast stores of enterprise data. The center's vision encourages greater civic engagement by providing citizens and communities with improved access to the full public record.
In this strategy paper, you will find information about:
| • | How data integration can help manage complexity and resource constraints |
| • | How choosing the right tools and policies will lead to measurably better decisions and performance |
| • | How XML, Web services, service oriented architectures, and the mobile Internet provide excellent platforms for data integration |
| • | How service oriented architectures can extend the value of legacy systems and their data streams |
| • | How XML is used in the private sector compared to the public sector |
| • | How the latest XML data standards will spawn data integration breakthroughs |
