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While the private sector has raced to embrace e-commerce, U.S. government agencies are just starting to get the hang of doing business on the Internet. A Gartner Group Inc. study projects that government spending on e-business hardware, software, and related services will grow from $1.5 billion in 2000 to more than $6.2 billion by 2005. Government-to-government and government-to-business purchases will account for nearly 70% of online government spending in 2000, with revenue reaching $1 billion. Government-to-citizen transactions -- from paying parking tickets to renewing fishing licenses online -- will grow from $455 million in 2000 to $2.2 billion in 2005.
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| E-government marketplace: 
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| 2000 | $1.5 billion |
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| 2001 | $1.9 billion |
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| 2002 | $2.6 billion |
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| 2003 | $3.5 billion |
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| 2004 | $4.6 billion |
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| 2005 | $6.2 billion |
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| DATA: Gartner Group
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