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The Open House Project has recenctly released a a new report, ‘Congressional Information & the Internet‘ with the goal of examinating the role of Internet Technology in the House of Representatives.

The research is the result of a collaborative effort by a broad coalition of participants with backgrounds and expertise in media, government, information technology and blogging among other disciplines.

In the era of the Internet, institutions like parliaments are evolving to connect constituents with information and public authorities. Due to … Continue Reading

Designed with a very interactive approach, Directgovkids aims to get children engaged with different aspects from the society in which they live and grow up.

The site, with lots of animations, activities, slideshows, videoclips and games, offers different sections like the ‘Teachers Area’, a sort of supermarket of resources that educators can utilize with their students. The ‘Parents Area’ on the other side, was designed to teach kids about the people and different places in their local community.

To explore the website in … Continue Reading

Organised by the European Commission, the third edition of the European eGovernment Awards will select good practices in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in public services.

The most outstanding eGovernment solutions are expected to be presented by Viviane Reding at the 4th Ministerial eGovernment Conference 2007 on September 20th in Lisbon, Portugal.

All public administrations in Europe (national, regional, local, etc) that deliver eGovernment services and solutions can apply.
Submissions from EU Member States, candidate countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland … Continue Reading

After twelve months of development and testing, the city of London has now what is said to be the most comprehensive city-wide WiFi mobility network.

Publicly voiced as ‘Europe’s biggest wireless internet hotspot’, the newtork comprises 127 nodes and spreads across the Square Mile zone, an area with more than 350,000 people between regular workers and visitors. During the first month, and in association with Nokia, anyone with a WiFi enabled device – PDAs, notebooks, media players or smart phones- can access free bradband internet … Continue Reading

In this paper Governing by the Numbers, Daniel Esty and Reece Rushing bring to the table a very interesting issue: the importance of data-driven decisionmaking applied to governing.

According to this approach, improvements in information technologies increasingly provide the ability to collect, aggregate, analyze and disseminate huge volumes of data. If these tools are well utilized and focused on serving policymaking objectives, decisionmaking can become more targeted, tailored, responsive and innovative, improving government effectiveness.

You can read the entire paper here.

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