As important as the application of information technology is at the national level, because of the proximity of local governments--particularly cities and counties--to citizens, there is enormous potential for IT applications both to government and to governance at the local level. Notwithstanding the responsibilities of states in this area, the fact that we now will have a technology savvy president and a CTO at the national level will bring a much needed impetus to the transition to e-government at all levels, especially if Obama's CTO focuses on it. This is also an infrastructure issue in terms of equal and easy and broad access to the Internet and the hardware and software that are essential for citizens to participate in e-governemnt and e-governance. This too that should be on the national agenda.