Federal, state, and local governments are currently in the process of performing a rapid technological transformation.

Many of the public sector organizations were already in the process of evaluating and implementing internet-based technologies in order to replace and augment their legacy systems, as well as take advantage of e-government benefits.  With the terrorist events of September 11, the pace of this transformation has been significantly accelerated.  The other major driver for this accelerated transformation is that the federal government is facing a succession challenge.  It is estimated that fifty percent of government IT employees will be available for retirement in the next five years.  The challenge the government faces is capturing and using the knowledge before it is lost.

      In addition, a recent study by the University of Maryland found that more than half of adult internet users logged on to a government web site last year.  Furthermore, more adults used the Internet to conduct business with government organizations than to complete bank transactions, pay credit card bills, or buy stocks.

    The challenge for government organizations is that they do not typically have all the internal resources and knowledge required to take advantage of the benefits that can be realized by implementing web-based technologies.  22nd Century Technologies helps government organizations overcome the following challenges: