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Information technology (IT) and its devices (email, Internet, enterprise systems, etc.) are rapidly changing the way governmental operations flow as well as its efficiency and effectiveness. One source estimated spending on IT by state and local governments was $52.2 billion in 2003. (1) Much of this spending is focused on increasing efficiencies by reducing the amount of time employees spend completing extensive manual work. (2) One case study shows that a statewide department was able to reduce the amount of time needed for its audit by 50 percent with the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. (3) With such powerful statistics on IT development ...