HCI and the Government
Jean Scholtz

1. Government as producer of software/; informational web sites
   • trends
   • Digital Government - what does it imply?
   • informational to transactional
   • examples
     • government positions, funding opportunities,
     • Library of Commerce as information
     • Motor vechicles, absentee ballots as transactional
   • policies governing gov. web sites
   • accessibility of web sites
     • version of sites for children
     • examples of current sites
       social security, federal site, state site
2. Government as consumer of software
   • policies
   • accessibility Section 508
   • enforcement, evaluation
   • RFPs
   • usability language
   • military requirements
   • extreme users
3. Government as supporter of HCI
   • Funding initiatives
   • NSF
   • Military
   • Other agencies (CIA, NSA, etc.)
   • International coordination
   • Standards/ support
   • Section 508 and other policies
   • IUSR project - Department of Commerce
   • Evaluation support - Department of Commerce
   • TReC interaction track
   • WebMetrics