House Panel Approves Deep E-Gov Funding Cuts – “The U.S. House Appropriations Committee is calling for only $1 million in 2004 funding for the Electronic Government Act (E-Gov), which invests in inter-agency projects with government-wide applications. The Bush Administration had requested $45 million for the program.” This act “uthorizes funding for improvement of the federal Internet portal, Firstgov.gov, so that on-line government information and services are organized “according to citizen needs, not agency jurisdiction.”