Technical standards will invariably be articulated in an eGovernment strategy; but typically such standards won’t impede a government’s successful pursuit of an eGovernment strategy because useful standards are both widely available and known (and therefore generally not a challenge) and ever-evolving (and therefore not well suited to rigid lists or mandates).  However, without organizational interoperability, an eGovernment strategy may become mere words on a page and a lot of money spent. Organizational interoperability means the organizational structures, business processes and personnel enable enterprise-wide and cross-enterprise information sharing, cooperation and collaboration.

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Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced that they are backing the OASIS Energy Interoperation Technical Committee to enable collaborative and dynamic use of energy. The goal is to develop web service-based information and communication models for exchanging dynamic pricing, reliability and emergency signals building upon open standards (see article).
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