Quicksilver Initiatives is a term coined by the Bush administration in The President's Management Agenda[1] between the years 2001 and 2002.
President Bush's agenda was characterized by its presenting of fourteen different "areas of improvement" in federal government.
The fourth of those areas was labeled "Expanded Electronic Government" and it was with regards to President Bush administration's intended transformation in e-governance.
The quicksilver initiatives "marked the beginning of the era of full-scale e-government at the federal level.
As a first step, the Clinton administration's concept of e-government was adopted by President Bush's government.