E-Government, Private Information -Secure Solutions

Additionally, citizens are demanding the same levels of service and access they experience in the private sector, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Literally founded in public sector technology, Oracle brings over two decades of expertise to the more than 2000 government agencies it serves worldwide. With the industry's only full complement of solutions and services for connecting governments and citizens through internet computing, Oracle software powers today's high-performance e-governments.

Along with the demands for efficiency and accountability comes the absolute necessity for security. Whether it's a patient record, a state park's budget, or files pertaining to a criminal investigation, sensitive information can have costly effects if it falls into the wrong hands. Oracle has developed 100 percent internet-based solutions to assist agencies ranging from higher education to public administration in moving to efficient e-government operations. And, because Oracle extends security beyond the database to the entire Oracle product family, agencies can rely on their Oracle-based infrastructure to minimize the risk of security attacks. A few of the many industry solutions Oracle focuses on include:

• Law Enforcement
One of the most demanding challenges for a government agency is the implementation of responsive and effective law-enforcement systems. Oracle's Criminal Justice Information System links law enforcement, corrections, and the courts with timely accurate, and critical data to enhance investigation.

• Defense and Security
The trend in defense modernization has been to leverage commercial solutions that closely align with military problems. As the leading supplier of relational technology and a key supplier of design/development and financial applications, Oracle offers solutions that enable the largest defense organizations in the world to gain efficiency and flexibility within the existing information technology structures.

• Public Administration
Public administration affects many areas within the public service sector. It represents the business side of government, covering areas such as public finance and taxation, as well as the administration of resources and economic programs. Oracle offers solutions for the entire spectrum of public administrative tasks, from finance to human resources.

• Health Care
In today's volatile health care environment, no health care entity can go it alone and survive. The new paradigm demands improving the health of the citizens while lowering overall costs. Oracle provides e-tools and solutions that allow health care administrators to manage these complex issues.

• Social Services
Social services is becoming a far more complex and integrated environment. Operational models now require specific competencies. Agencies must create comprehensive connected-citizen government. Oracle provides secure, internet-based social service solutions that allow social services administrators to send and receive payments faster and more securely, while protecting an agency's legally sensitive information.

• Postal Services
The postal service is going through fundamental changes with deregulation, privatization, globalization, e-commerce, and the explosive growth of the internet. Oracle Postal Services Solutions help postal agencies better understand customer values and respond appropriately to their needs.