Archives for January 2007
The Golden Dot Awards 2007
The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet will present the Golden Dot Awards 2007 for excellence in online campaigning. The gathering will take place March 15-16, 2007 at the annual Politics Online Conference at The George Washington University.
The Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the use of the Internet to try to influence the political […]
Internet gains momentum as source of political news
A report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project about the 2006 US election shows that the number of Americans relying on the Internet for political news doubled from the 2002 mid-term election and grew fivefold in the past decade.
Among other interesting findings, the survey states that a new online political elite is emerging, […]
Schools in the UK: eAdmissions Process
The eAdmissions National Project is one of 22 projects initiated by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in the UK, with the goal of helping local authorities (LAs) meet e-Government targets.
Jointly sponsored by DCLG and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), eAdmissions aims to help LAs put their school admissions process online […]
Interview with Andy Williamson, from New Zealand
This is an enriching conversation that we recently had with Andy Williamson, a leading community researcher from Waitakere, New Zealand about his work and vision. Andy is exploring the factors affecting the uptake of electronic democratic processes in a regional community and the impact of using ICT to facilitate and influence those processes. Here it […]
eGovernment Master Programme at Örebro University
This is an International Master Program offered by Örebro University, in Sweden.
The programme focuses on the key building blocks necessary to harness technology for development: Users, Organization, Technology, and Economy.The Master gives participants the skills by providing scientific knowledge and opportunities to apply these to real-life settings.
Next edition starts on September 3rd, 2007 and the […]
eGovAsia 2007, 6-8 February in Malaysia
With a purpose of creating a world class Asian platform for consultative dialoguing, strategic planning, knowledge networking and business partnering in the field of e-Government, eGovAsia 2007 brings together some of the best minds from the highest echelons of government, industry and civil society.
The assumption behind the gathering is that, with asian nations emerging as […]
The International Teledemocracy Centre (ITC)
In 1999, Napier University established the International Teledemocracy Centre, dedicated to researching innovative e-democracy systems that will strengthen public understanding and participation in democratic decision-making. The Centre is the only one of its kind in the UK, combining relevant software engineering applications with political and sociological analysis.
ITC, with an already well established solid international reputation, […]
A revolutionary system to solve absences in Fife, Scotland
Launched in January 2005 by the Fife Council, the supply teachers messaging system helps cover staff absences in an effective way.
Around 1500 teachers, auxiliaries and classroom assistants have joined the program. As part of the process they were asked to provide information about their location and availability together with e-mail and mobile contacts.
When a school […]
Interview with Chip Smith, Managing Co-Founder of Hotsoup.com
We have recently posted about Hotsoup.com. Today, we are very happy to have Mr.Chip Smith, managing co-founder of Hotsoup, who kindly accepted to share his insights with eGovBlog. We take this opportunity to thank him and the Hotsoup team for making this possible.
eGB: What did motivate you to launch Hotsoup?
ChS: My partners and I believed […]
Book: ‘Global e-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking’
The book Global e-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking, by Latif Al-Hakim, examines the practices of e-government in developing and developed countries presenting recent theoretical research in e-government and providing a platform to benchmark the best practices in implementing e-government programs.
The text covers various theoretical and applications aspects of e-government. Organised in three parts: e-government theory and […]
