Government and industry officials have been working overtime over the past three months to get the E-Government Reauthorization Act through Congress before the end of the year.
Sources say the final road block is a hold by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) over some of the requirements around privacy and the use of data brokers by federal agencies.
Sources say they still have hope the Senate would pass the bill during their session starting Dec. 8. The House has indicated it would pass the legislation should the Senate pass it first.
The E-Government Reauthorization Act would do several things including reauthorizing through 2012 the coordination of federal information policy and information security, the E-Government Fund and the Information Exchange Program (ITEP).
It also would reauthorize appropriations for several programs including the Office of Management and Budget's Office of E-Government and Information Technology, the development of common protocols for geographic information systems and providing access to government information on the Web.
But it's the ITEP program that many in industry and government are focusing on. A House aide says the bill must include ITEP for them to consider it.
-Jason Miller, FederalNewsRadio.com
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