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A very interesting project funded by The European Commission investigates the legal, organisational, technological and other barriers to expanding effective e-Government services using the Internet. The study identifies and explores key issues that can constrain e-Government growth, drawing on real-life case studies.

As part of the research, the Barriers to eGovernment project team has already identified seven key categories of barriers that can block or constrain progress on eGovernment: ‘leadership failures’; ‘financial inhibitors’; ‘digital divide’; ‘poor coordination’; ‘workplace and organizational inflexibility’; ‘lack of trust’; and ‘poor technical design’.

The project encourages eGovernment practitioners to contribute … Continue Reading

eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands 24 – 26 October. Within this framework, the International Programme Committee for e-2007 is inviting extended abstracts (1,200 – 1,500 words) for technical papers, visionary papers, business and government case studies. Proposals to arrange workshop sessions are also welcome.

eChallenges e-2007 will focus on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges. The programme will combine strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies, workshops, an … Continue Reading

The Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG) is a think tank that operates under the auspices of an e-Governance program of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK. The purpose of the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance is to provide insight and knowledge on the changing nature of governments in our growing technology infrastructures.

Led by Thomas Riley, the CCEG works to develop best practices on how to use technologies to implement the goals and objectives of public administration. It is the goal of CCEG to … Continue Reading

Richard Heeks provides in his book Implementing and Managing e-Government a comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by public officials, managers and consultants.

The work covers international examples to guide readers through topics like e-Government strategy planning, data security, quality, people, policies and ethical challenges. It also focuses on aspects related to implementation of e-government systems including feasibility studies, risk assesment and mitigation, … Continue Reading

ChileCompra is the Chilean system for government procurement.

The projects aims to guarantee high levels of transparency, efficiency and the use of technology in government’s purchases, while benefitting private enterprise, the State and the general public.

To register and become part of ChileCompra is easy and simple. You just enter the website, select inscription for suppliers and complete the registry requirements.You then accept the terms and conditions and press enter. Finally, you receive a keyword that allows you to enter the site’s private zone.

Anyone can … Continue Reading