[rohrpost] E-Government and Democracy Report, more e-democracy related content

Die Mar 9 00:47:43 CET 2004

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 at 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 at publicus.net

Thanks,

Steven Clift
E-democracy expert and speaker
http://publicus.net
clift at 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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