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Chapter 2: A Comprehensive Set of Standards
for Implementing XML Is Only Partially in
Place
Figure 6: Representative ebXML Transaction
Source: GAO.
In public presentations, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials
have expressed an interest in moving the federal government to greater
use of ebXML. In October 2001, OMB defined standards for success in the
area of expanding e-government, and ebXML was cited. Specifically, OMB
called for federal agencies to “minimize burden on business by re-using
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