Category: eGovernment

The Magazine on Information Impacts, October 2000 issue is themed: Is Digital Government Good Government? “Since the days of the early 20th-century Progressives, we Americans have sought good government — efficient, responsive and effective with the “right” balance between intervention and individuals’ rights. Does migrating services online change what it means to be “good”?”
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There’s a 500 Internal Server Error on the new UK Online.

Public-choice theory is very timely, says KableNet.com’s Government – whose obedient servant?. There are some intersting thoughts in this article.
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The latest news from eDenmark: Bedst på Nettet – Kvalitetsvurdering af offentlige hjemmesider (Best on the Net – Quality Assessment of Public Websites) is the latest attempt from the Danish Government in making Denmark’s public sector digital.
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The International Conference on Social Computing, ICSC 2001 in Bremen on October 1-3, 2001 is about Governing the Network Society. I should write a paper …
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“With the birth of the Internet, our notions of ‘community’ were redefined.” Janet Caldow’s e-Communities, Portals and the Public Sector is today’s must-read. Janet is Director of the Center for e-communities at IBM’s Institute for Electronic Government.
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A new Deloitte & Touche Study, titled At the Dawn of e-Government: The Citizen as Customer, argues that citizen demand for better service is fueling the global growth of e-government as government leaders focus on matching the new standards of service set by private sector advances in technology.
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A new survey conducted by Andersen Consulting shows that a majority of Americans believe increasing the number of online government services should be made a priority. The survey also showed that a majority of those responding would be comfortable casting their votes online.
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In a letter sent Monday to Sally Katzen, acting deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget and member of the FirstGov board of directors, OMB Watch executive director Gary Bass said the group is “greatly disappointed” about the first mock-up of the portal (www.firstgov.gov). It’s especially disappointing because the group had high hopes after Clinton issued a memorandum on e-government last December, he said. (FCW)

The Central IT Unit of the Cabinet Office in UK has prepared an International Benchmarking Report in support of the development of Information Age Government. It sets out the findings of an International benchmarking study which has focused on the development of e-government services, targets and the lessons learned from the implementation of services.