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E-Government and Democracy Report, more e-democracy related content
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Clift)
Wed Mar 10 20:04:46 2004
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I remember the good old days in 1995-97 when I spoke with librarians
about electronic access to government information every week while I
working for the Government Information Access Council in Minnesota.
Librarians were pleasantly impatient with government activity in this
area. Then messy flood of government content online distracted everyone
from the systematic investments governments should make online to
provide deeper, more reliable e-access to politically important
information.
I hope my paper referenced below is of interest and will provide, "why
doesn't my government do that" examples that you can forward around your
community. Please let me know what I am missing from my case examples
and what the library community feels are the top "e-democracy" issues
are these days: clift@publicus.net
Steven Clift
http://publicus.net
P.S. As E-Democracy.Org builds its "local up" approach to promoting
online citizen participation I have been thinking about the role of
local libraries. Would you like to help us think about that? Let me
know.
E-Government and Democracy Report, World Summit Speech, More
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* E-Government and Democracy: Representation and Citizen Engagement
in the Information Age
Download my recently released 40 page report from:
http://publicus.net/e-government
Commissioned to assist drafting of the United Nations World Public
Sector Report, this article articulates essential democratic outcomes
in e-government. Outcomes different from the usual notions of
cost-savings and service delivery. The table of contents far below
lists the case examples.
Included are links to related articles and the new e-mail list for
e-government practitioners and experts interested in the democratic
opportunities of e-government. To join this peer-to-peer knowledge
exchange, e-mail:
do-egov-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
* Democratic Evolution or Virtual Civil War?
I put my http://E-Democracy.Org "civil society" hat on while speaking
at the Promise of E-Democracy side event at the World Summit on the
Information Society. While my report above shares exceptional best
practices, my Geneva speech makes it clear that democratic will is
required to make what is possible - probable and universal. Access my
text and the panel video, which included the Foreign Minister of Greece,
George Papandreou, Nicholas Negroponte, Stephen Coleman from Oxford
among others:
http://publicus.net/articles/democraticevolution.html
Also, the BBC World's Click-Online television program used the WSIS as
a back drop for a report and interview on e-democracy. See right column.
* Democracies Online Newswire, Top Ten Articles, Global E-Democracy
Trends Slides, E-Democracy.Org Technology
DoWire, the Democracies Online Newswire will under go some changes
this year as I integrate blogging technology into my content gathering.
The DoWire network now reaches 2600 people in over 80 countries.
Subscribe from:
http://dowire.org
My articles collection <http://publicus.net/articles.html>, dating back
to 1993, now has a handy list of my top ten articles:
http://publicus.net/topten.html
As I head to Mongolia for a speaking trip (with short stops Korea and
Japan) in a a week or so, my updated Global E-Democracy Trends slides
for 2004 are available at:
http://publicus.net/speaker.html
Finally, E-Democracy.Org (I'm the Board Chair) is recruiting the world's
top civic-minded techies to help us build our global platform for "local
up" citizen-based e-democracy. Help us help citizens join us as we start
our second decade of non-profit, non-partisan activity. Review our
technology notes and volunteer to help craft our project requirements
via our new E-Democracy Factory wiki:
http://e-democracy.org/center/technology.html
http://e-democracy.org/center/eweb.html
If you haven't already, visit our U.S. election links starting point:
http://e-democracy.org/us
* That's all this year. Do you have something to share?
I am always looking for new and interesting content to share with my
"primary source" DoWire network. Content on DoWire is often appears in
major e-mail newsletters, blogs, and the media. Help me keep the
influential DoWire network in the loop. Send submissions to:
clift@publicus.net
Thanks,
Steven Clift
E-democracy expert and speaker
http://publicus.net
clift@publicus.net
netclift - MSN/Y!/AIM
P.S. The table of contents from my UN article:
E-Government and Democracy: Representation and Citizen
Engagement in the Information Age
By Steven Clift
Summary
Introduction
Initial Conclusions
Research Trends
Democratic Outcomes
Trust and Accountability
- Case 1 - Policy Leadership
Legitimacy and Understanding
- Case 2 - Budget Information Online
- Case 3 - About Government
Citizen Satisfaction and Service
- Case 4 - E-mail Notification and Personalization
- Case 5 - User Generated "What's Popular" Navigation
Reach and Equitable Access
- Case 6 - E-mail newsletters
Effective Representation and Decision-Making
- Case 7 - E-Parliaments
- Case 8 - E-Councils
- Case 9 - Decision-Making Systems
Participation Through Input and Consultation
- Case 10 - Advanced Online Input and Correspondence Systems
- Case 11 - Online Consultations and Events
Engagement and Deliberation
- Case 12 - Deliberative Democracy Online Experiments
- Case 13 - Online Public Issue Forums
Conclusion
Download from:
http://publicus.net/e-government
Special thanks to the United Nations, Division for Public
Administration and Development Management, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs for making this work possible
along with the permission to share it widely. More:
http://www.unpan.org/dpepa_worldpareport.asp
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