44 U.S.C. § 3601 — Definitions

Chapter 35 definitions apply. In addition: (1) “Administrator” means the Office of Electronic Government Administrator under section 3602. (2) “Council” means the Chief Information Officers Council under section 3603. (3) “Electronic Government” means Government use of web-based Internet applications and other information technologies, with processes implementing them, to (A) improve public, agency, and government-entity access to and delivery of information and services, or (B) improve government operations, including effectiveness, efficiency, service quality, or transformation. (4) “Enterprise architecture” means (A) a strategic information-asset base defining the mission, needed information, needed technologies, and transition processes for changing needs, and (B) a baseline architecture, target architecture, and sequencing plan. (5) “Fund” means the E-Government Fund under section 3604. (6) “Interoperability” means different operating and software systems, applications, and services communicating and exchanging data accurately, effectively, and consistently. (7) “Integrated service delivery” means Internet-based federal information or services integrated by function or topic rather than agency boundaries. (8) “Tribal government” means (A) the governing body of a qualifying Indian tribe, band, nation, or organized group or community in the continental United States except Alaska, and (B) an Alaska Native regional or village corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.