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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:50:22 -0700 (MST)
From: (wls/mtv) Judi Braudy <jbraudy@wlsmail>
To: "(wls/westlynx) Mitch Freedman " <freedman@wlsmail>
Subject: Fwd: USPS to offer electronic access to govt services (fwd)
Mitch - FYI - Judi
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 11:50:56 CST
From: Kevin Reynolds <kreynold@seraph1.sewanee.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list GOVDOC-L <GOVDOC-L@PSUVM>
Subject: Fwd: USPS to offer electronic access to govt services
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>>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 02:38:49 -0500
>>From: "Lyndell D. Core" <lcore@CAPACCESS.ORG>
>>Subject: IS THIS THE POST OFFICE?
>>To: Multiple recipients of list RITIM-L <RITIM-L@URIACC.URI.EDU>
>>
>>This is LONG
>>
>>The U.S. Postal Service took the first step toward making 24-hour electronic
>>access to government services a reality today by awarding four contracts to
>>develop INTERACTIVE Service to the Citizens Kiosk prototypes.
>>
>>Task order contracts were awarded to:
>>Cordant, Inc. Reston, Virginia
>>Digital Equipment Corp. Greenbelt, Maryland
>>IBM Government Systems Houston, Texas
>>North Communications Marina del Rey, California
>>
>>Should market testing prove successful, more than 10,000 kiosks could be on
>line
>>in post offices, libraries, shopping malls, and other convenient locations
>>within the next few years.
>>
>>We have a government which is open from nine to five serving customers
>>who want
>>access from five to nine said Robert Reisner, Vice President Technology
>>Application, USPS.
>>
>>Technology Apps role is to develop new products and services from emerging
>>technologies.
>>
>>The world is changing fast, Reisner added. With the Internet and dozens of
>>other sources of evidence proving it, we can all see that the electronic
>>marketplace is dynamic, offering new service opportunities every day. We can
>>now create user friendly access to a government open around the clock.
>>
>>Reisner said the firms awarded the contracts will compete to develop
>>integrated
>>software and multi-media applications. One or more firms could eventually
>>create a network of free standing kiosks.
>>
>>We have a competition of ideas and trials with four well qualified vendors, he
>>said. However, before we are ready to present a single concept nationally, a
>>prudent approach calls for extensive testing, and we want to make sure that we
>>are utilizing the most up to date technological advances.
>>
>>From your local post office the electronic service window could register a
>child
>>for school or access social security benefit information. Perhaps while
>grocery
>>shopping, he added, you could obtain a loan application from the Small
>>Business
>>Administration or pay a parking fine. Catalog mailers may find the postal
>kiosk
>>an attractive vehicle for providing a low cost sales channel with unique
>>national reach.
>>
>>Since May 1994, the Postal Service has been working with representatives of
>more
>>than 18 federal agencies and 50 state and local governments to shape a
>model for
>>government wide service
>>delivery
>>
>>Initially each contractor will be awarded $30,000 in contracts.
>>Individual tasks may raise funding to $5 million pending approval by Postal
>>Service senior management and the Board of Governors.
>>Larger funding levels may be authorized
>>
>>Advances in telecommunications technology are increasing the risk of creating
>>two information societies: the haves and the have nots, said Reisner. But the
>>Postal Service can deploy information technology to provide universal service
>>and address this emerging problem, he added.
>>
>>The Postal Service, as the original information highway, has the unique
>>ability
>>through its 40,000 locations to provide electronic access. WeUre the link to
>>the federal government that has provided the ubiquitous infrastructure of
>trust,
>>security and privacy for more than 200 years. Reisner.
>>
>>More at
>>USPS Home Page: http://www.usps.gov
>>
>>--
>>^^^ Lyndell D. Core ^^^
>>^^^ lcore@capaccess.org^^^
>>^^^ Washington, D.C. ^^^
>>Newt is my neighbor and doesn't even know my name.
>>
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>
Kevin Reynolds
Government Documents Department
Jessie Ball duPont Library
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
phone: 615-598-1395
fax: 615-598-1702
email: kreynold@seraph1.sewanee.edu