Archives for February 2007
eGovBlog.com gets visitors from all over the world
We are very happy to share with you the fact that during the two months since we launched, eGovBlog.com has received visitors from all across the globe.
To be more precise, and according to the reports, friends from countries like United States, Canada, Brazil Portugal, Greece, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Estonia, Argentina, United Kingdom or […]
The Shared Services Online Summit
An interesting gathering, The Shared Services Online Summit brings together leaders from across the public sector to debate the issues that determine the success of shared services and the key challenges that need to be addressed at each stage of a shared services project.
The debate takes place on a web-based ‘bulletin-board’, where participants can read […]
An online ‘marketplace’ for democracy in Latin America
DemocraciaViva aims to strengthen latin american democratic process by encouraging a frank and open dialogue both among citizens and between citizens and public authorities through Information and Communication Technologies.
The assumption behind the initiative is that Internet and other related technologies increasingly allow people to come together to discuss issues of common interest, and then organize […]
Debatepedia, a wiki encyclopedia for public debate
We have just learned about Debatepedia, a new “wiki” encyclopedia of arguments and debates.
Founded in the summer of 2006, the platform enables users to present all of the unique ‘pro’ and ‘con’ arguments that have been made by scholars, experts, leaders, etc. It also allows editors to present the overall positions of politicians, think-tanks,interest and […]
Understanding the political influence of blogs
That is the title of this paper written by T.Neil Sroka. The work was based on a survey that the author conducted at every congressional office of the House of Representatives and Senate in the US, to gauge their online activity.
The author arrived to the idea that although more study is needed to know how […]
A Parliament led by youngsters
Launched at the House of Commons in July 1999, the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) goal is to give a voice to the young people of the UK between the ages of 11 and 18. Up to present there are over 300 elected MYPs who represent both young men and women, including young people from a […]
eRepresentative, or more effective legislative services
eRepresentative is a research and development project that investigates the potential impact of a “virtual elected representative’s desktop” to support the work of elected officials by making legislative services more effective and more tailored to meet their individual requirements.
The eRepresentative project started in February 2006 and will end in January 2008. It involves representatives, civil […]
Estonian Information Society Strategy 2013
The Government of Estonia recently unveiled the “Estonian Information Society Strategy 2013″, a sectoral development plan, setting out the general framework, objectives and respective action fields for the broad employment of ICT in the development of a knowledge-based economy and society in Estonia in 2007-2013.
The document begins with this sentence: ‘In the modern globalizing world, […]
Voters force politicians to jump into the web
The First Annual Voter Expectations Survey attracted more than 250,000 voters who interacted with rich media ad units.
Jointly developed by PointRoll -a leading developer of innovative rich media-, the E-Voter Institute and HCD Research, the research revealed that the interactive online environment is growing in its influence and usage among voters.
Initial key findings showed that […]
An e-Government Laboratory in Greece
We would like to introduce in this post the e-Government Laboratory of the University of Athens (UoA/eGovLab), a research unit within the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications and a leading academic R&D group for e-Government in Greece.
Led by Prof. Panagiotis Georgiadis, Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens, […]
