Intranets Cut Red Tape

Re: Neilsen, Jakob, Ten Best Government Intranets. useit.com, June 21, 2004.

Intranets play a crucial role in the marketing and feasibility of private companies. When I worked for Porter Novelli, a world-wide public relations firm, I used the company's intranet to complete a large amount of internal tasks. The intranet proved to be an efficient way to quickly access information that is available twenty-four hours a day.

It is refreshing to see the government utilize intranets much like the private sector. As Neilsen noted private industries use intranets to meet and exceed profit margins. The government utilizes intranets to meet and exceed project deadlines. As we all know and have experienced once in our life, the government can act very slowly. So I applaud any attempt to speed up the red tape bureaucracy.