Improves responsiveness, efficiency, and inclusiveness in government processes and services;
	Decentralizes power and resources to the local government level
	Increases the reach of government information and services;
	Increases the ease of public access, as the number of citizens familiar with IT grows;
	Promotes transparency and accountability of government action;
	Facilitates civic participation in public matters and decisions;
	Improves networking between governments, within governments, and with civil society;
	Enables participation in global fora

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Analyst for FEMICA exchanging views about information in the Central American Archive

CYBER PROSPECTS
With any new technology, there are hurdles to surmount. By themselves, web sites, connectivity, or IT options cannot ensure that people take advantage of these opportunities to the fullest extent possible. But with quality training programs, users can move from using multiple computer software packages for simple tasks to their application whatever the need is. Also, IT when used as a distance learning tool can build computer and substantive competency anywhere there is computer access. Nonetheless, it is difficult to estimate the reach in developing countries or the rate of growth of the inevitable spread of computer use by governments in Latin America.