The OASIS eGovernment Member Section will host a workshop on "Electronic Identity and Citizen-Centric Administration" on 1 May in conjunction with the Open Standards 2008 symposium in Santa Clara, California. The eGov workshop will focus on authentication, security, composability for Web services, inter-operability frameworks, and implementation guidelines for open standards. Proposals for panels, presentations or discussion papers related to these themes should be submitted to the OASIS eGov Steering Committee by 3 March.

OASIS has formalized a new Member Section Supporters program that enables organizations and individuals to advance the work of OASIS eGov by underwriting specific activities. Donors may contribute any amount. Donations may be used for specific purposes, such as to defer meeting expenses, produce educational materials, etc. or to support general activities of a Member Section. An OASIS member who donates 5,500 USD or more annually (in addition to their OASIS Foundational or Sponsor-level dues) may have their organization's logo linked from every page of the Member Section's web site.

On 5 December 2007, OASIS issued a press release announcing the new eGov Member Section and its mission to promote interoperability in the public sector. The release included quotes from Dr. Carol Cosgrove-Sacks of OASIS, Bob Sunday of Canada's Public Works and Government Services, Peter F. Brown of Pensive, and Steve Jones of Capgemini.

Read the complete announcement, "OASIS Launches New Group to Promote Open Standards for Citizen-Centric Government."

The OASIS eGov Member Section welcomes members from local, national, and international administrations and oversight agencies as well as technology providers, systems integrators, and all those concerned to encourage more efficient use of new technologies to deliver better quality and more citizen-centric government.