International Centre for e-Governance is a new project of the Scottish Council Foundation, an Edinburgh-based organisation that promotes independent thinking in public policy.
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Scottish + US = International
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Ranking the world
The Global e-government Survey of 2,288 government websites in 196 nations has been conducted by World Markets Research Centre and Brown University, USA. US comes out Number 1. Denmark only just makes the Top 25 list. Note to self: Plan study trip to Lesotho, St. Kitts, Vatican, and the Bahamas!
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The Emergent Dictator’s Dilemma
Communication and Democracy – Coincident Revolutions and the Emergent Dictator’s Dilemma is a few years old, but relevant as ever. Christopher R. Kedzie writes: “This research explores fundamental relationships at the nexus of the information revolution and international affairs. Networked communications and political democracy are the central foci of theoretical and empirical analyses. A strong correlation between these two concepts would appear to offer new policy options for promoting democracy worldwide.” A good RAND rant.
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Best of Danish eDemocracy
Yesterday, the Danish minister of Information Technology and Reaseach, Ms Birte Weiss, handed over a number of prizes in Best on the Net.
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Swedish e-democracy report
Sweden: Åke Grönlund’s Teldok-report IT, demokrati och medborgarnas deltagande is at last available. The 3.2MB download of a PDF-file is a bit of a hurdle, but it is an important report.
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Practicing Code
Dan Jellinek’s newsletter: ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON THE RISE
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eTransparency
WebReview.com’s Strategy Soapbox: Being Transparent: “The transparency effect should make every online business extremely careful in their dealings with customers, and overly choosy about the vendors and partners that they deal with. Your business is about building trust with customers, and trust in the online universe — as we’re all finding out — is an extremely fragile commodity.” It’s an article about eCommerce (eBay, …) but the theme is highly relevant for eGovernment and eDemocracy, and Tim Barkow has some good points.
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The world changes; users’ needs change
ComputerWorld: Engaging Users: “Getting end-user input on application development isn’t enough. IT project teams need to gain user interest from the start and keep them engaged.” Check the list of 10 commandments!
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Would perhaps be of interest
eGovernment conference: from policy to practice Conference & Exhibition: 29-30 November, Brussels
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You got mail
Computerworld Danmark: Myndigheder sylter net-henvendelser. Government agencies don’t reply to emails.