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ACM: "Government Online Exchange For Reusable Components
Launched" InfoWorld.com (05/09/01); Sullivan, Tom 

Information of general interest.
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/0514m.html#item8
ACM: "Government Online Exchange For Reusable Components Launched"
     InfoWorld.com (05/09/01); Sullivan, Tom 
     The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is currently
     building a software application exchange for all 50 states to help get e-government
     initiatives up and running more quickly at a much lower cost. Software components
     developed by states will be stored in a national repository for use by other states
     that are building similar programs. For example, the Department of Motor Vehicles in
     Georgia recently used a software component developed by Arkansas for its online
     vehicle registration program. By reusing 80 percent of the Arkansas software,
     Georgia was able to save enough development costs to bypass a legislative budget
     approval process that would have slowed implementation considerably. Georgia CIO
     Larry Singer says sharing components is necessary because state governments
     often have to build similar systems. He notes that states cannot depend on reusing
     applications from the private sector because core requirements are often very
     different. The program, the National Software Component Exchange, will require each
     state to create its own state-wide exchange that will interact with the national
     system.