From a less technical point of view, check out Scott Adams's ideas of slowly replacing government with websites: http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/cloud_governm

From a less technical point of view, check out Scott Adams's ideas of slowly replacing government with websites: http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/cloud_government/ http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/cloud_government/ (Bonus: reusable infrastructure across countries)