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Will E-Government be a Necessity? While traveling on the campaign trail this summer with Senator James Fox, Independent Party, Oregon, I was fascinated by the number of campaign officers strategizing for the next big E-Government initiative, and constant debate on the future of the federal government’s E-Government programs and initiatives. My purpose for traveling with Senator Fox was to conduct a survey of how far can a candidate take his campaign if they are not “connected” to the internet? It became apparent that in Senator Fox’s campaign what was more important is how far can the campaign go without strategizing to take advantage of information technology tools that drive citizens, both state and local governments, and businesses to do dialog with government agencies electronically? The ability of campaign candidates to lean on the new possibilities of E-Government is not a new one. This new way of involving citizens, businesses, state and local governments into a 24/7 dialog with the federal government started during the 1992 presidential administration. During the Clinton-Gore administration the White House intended to use the National Performance Review, a think tank put together by th