E-Business Library: December 2006 Archives

E-Business Library > December 31, 2006

e-Government project management members hold first meeting

[E-Government News] His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Development for the Government Sector, headed the first meeting of the e-Government project management office members today, at the Ministry’s office in Dubai.His Excellency Minister of Labor Dr Ali Al Kaabi; Dr Ali Bin Abood, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Development for Government Sector;

Top 10 in Utah IT

[Dave Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog, v. 2.0] The Center for Digital Government has published a report entitled "Government Faster, Smarter" that makes (in my opinion) some very important recommendations that align nicely with the direction that we are working on for the State of Utah. Part II of the report is entitled "Collaboration through Loose Couplings" and makes the following recommendations:

Posted at 03:12 AM

December 31, 2006

e-Government project management members hold first meeting

Posted at 03:13 AM

Top 10 in Utah IT

Posted at 03:12 AM

December 28, 2006

Just thinkin': free MP3 players preloaded with emergency content?

[W. David Stephenson blogs on homeland security et al.] Just thinkin': free MP3 players preloaded with emergency content?Phil Windley was musing this week about whether the plummeting price for non-iPod MP3 players might make it worthwhile for vendors at tech shows to preload them with sales demos, etc. and give them a way.

Posted at 03:14 AM

Accenture Personal Home Improvement Assistant -- disaster uses?

[W. David Stephenson blogs on homeland security et al.] Which, straining the bounds of credulity, leads me to speculating how a new Web 2.0 application for do-it-yourselfers under development at Accenture might apply to homeland security, and, perhaps most important, a pandemic, in which we'd both be confined to home, serving as family caregivers, while still being able to capitalize on the communications infrastructure.

Posted at 03:13 AM

December 25, 2006

Egypt Unveils First ”˜Digital Village’

[E-Government News] Egypt Unveils First ”˜Digital Village’ December 22nd, 2006 In a small city near the Nile River where cars compete with cattle and modern conveniences...

Posted at 03:13 AM

Executive Roundtable Forum discusses Digital Oman Strategy

[E-Government News] The open discussions and informal contributions by the participants provided the ICT experts with an excellent opportunity to further their personal and corporate relationships with the officials in the Omani government on how best to engage the private sector.

Posted at 03:12 AM

December 22, 2006

State Government Pattlet - Case

[Beckshome.com: Thomas Beck's Blog] I’m especially interested in working on a Participant Relationship pattlet, since I’ve been having a lot of discussions in that area as of late. I’d also like to fully open source all of this work, including the source code, and post it out to a Subversion repository for people to download.

Posted at 03:15 AM

Have a hot technology you want me to consider for top 10 list?

[W. David Stephenson blogs on homeland security et al.] Now I'm in the final stages of picking 10 to watch for next year, but there's still time to email me if there's a device or app that you're passionate about. While I may deviate somewhat, my criteria are still basically the same: also having day-in-day-out applications so that they will both be familiar in an emergency (i.e., not requiring users to have to learn something new when they're already stressed) and will have economic and/or social benefits so their purchase and deployment are more easily justified.decentralized, so they are less likely to be rendered inoperative by attacks on a centralized switching facility, etc.in the hands of the general public, so they leverage technology that is already in use (and, given the inevitable cost and procurement limits of...

Posted at 03:15 AM

December 19, 2006

Second blog at DWP

[ I’m Simon Dickson.] Higher numbers of comments over on the longer-established Pension Reform blog, which feels much more natural - and all the better for it - since I last looked. DWP is doing some good work in this area, and has done well to start with two areas which are (a) high on the public agenda;

Posted at 04:37 AM

Project - International Working Group (IWG) on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making

[Steven Clift’s Notes - Democracies Online] Congrats Peter, Stephen, et al. Those interested in both the practical side of e-consultation and e-democracy research exchange, are reminded to join the online groups on those subjects - I certainly expect updates from this initiative to be shared there: www.dowire.org (see top right column under Groups) Also see the UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government Announces Selection of Four International Working Groups on Digital Government Research press release. From: Peter Shane INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP CHOSEN FOR NSF-FUNDED SUPPORT An NSF-funded initiative to “build and sustain an international digital government research community of practice” has agreed to provide support for an international “digital democracy” research group to be co-chaired by Peter M. Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at Ohio State University, and Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of...

Posted at 04:35 AM

December 16, 2006

Estonia: The E-State Leads the Way on E-Voting

[Information Politics | Home] This article in the EU Observer exploring Estonia’s approach to e-voting states: “though pilot e-voting projects had already been carried out at local levels in the UK and Switzerland, Estonia leaped to the forefront of the e-voting race in October 2005 when it held the world’s first nation-wide binding local elections using the system. In March of next year, it’ll chalk up another world’s first when it holds national parliamentary elections using e-voting.”

Posted at 03:14 AM

Pennsylvania Civil War Trails on Google Earth

[Beckshome.com] The Governor’s office announced an exciting new partnership between Google Earth, Carnegie Mellon University , NASA, the Pennsylvania Tourism Office...

Posted at 03:12 AM

December 13, 2006

A game of two halves”¦

[E-Government News] Recent research, undertaken on behalf of UK online centres by Simpson Carpenter, has found a helping hand is crucial if socially excluded people are to make the most of e-government. The research looks at the results of a pilot in the South West, which saw UK online centres working with selected local authority and central government websites to support customers in using them.

Posted at 03:19 AM

For Your Clients - "FTC Tips on Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards"

[Stark County Law Library Blog] Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: “FTC press release: "Consumers are projected to spend $25 billion on gift cards in the 2006 holiday season. The Federal...

Posted at 03:18 AM

December 10, 2006

Citizen Democracy: Opportunities and Limits

[Information Politics | Home] There is a fantastic opinion piece in the Technology Guardian today on citizen democracy in a digital age. Victor Keegan surveys a variety of mechanisms that have been established which allow citizens to engage with each other and with various levels of government in new and exciting ways.

Posted at 03:13 AM

Paper for Voting

[Phil Windley's Technometria] When JohnDougall proposed the legislation in Utah requiring a paper audittrail, there were some naysayers. John’s looking pretty smart nowsince his legislation ensured that Utah didn’t buy machines it wouldnow have to throw out or modify.

Posted at 03:12 AM

December 07, 2006

Government Social Software - SNS in Japan Part I: Yatsushiro City

[Complexity and Social Networks Blog] Kobayashi mentions four points that motivated him to create the SNS platform: First, citizens are much better at sharing government information, so each citizen’s network serves as a multiplier. Second, the platform helps the community to grow stronger, meaning that people who share mutual interests can get together in a pleasant atmosphere.

Posted at 08:20 AM

"BJS Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006"

[Stark County Law Library Blog] • Probation and Parole in the United States, 2005 (NCJ-215091), written by BJS statisticians Lauren E. Glaze and Thomas P.

Posted at 08:17 AM

December 04, 2006

Creating E-government the right way

[CMS Report | Putting focus on today's Content Management Systems] According to the article, the "the e-government report card is based on an extensive examination of 11,227 official government Web sites." Sites were judged on 25 criteria, including "whether people could use them to pay taxes, bid for contracts, find government jobs and complain to local officials about concerns such as potholes."

Posted at 03:28 AM

"Prisoners in 2005 and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2005"

[Stark County Law Library Blog] Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: “Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: "As of last Dec. 31 there were 1,525,924 prisoners being held by state and...

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E-Business Library > December 31, 2006

e-Government project management members hold first meeting

Top 10 in Utah IT

December 31, 2006

e-Government project management members hold first meeting

Top 10 in Utah IT

December 28, 2006

Just thinkin': free MP3 players preloaded with emergency content?

Accenture Personal Home Improvement Assistant -- disaster uses?

December 25, 2006

Egypt Unveils First ”˜Digital Village’

Executive Roundtable Forum discusses Digital Oman Strategy

December 22, 2006

State Government Pattlet - Case

Have a hot technology you want me to consider for top 10 list?

December 19, 2006

Second blog at DWP

Project - International Working Group (IWG) on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making

December 16, 2006

Estonia: The E-State Leads the Way on E-Voting

Pennsylvania Civil War Trails on Google Earth

December 13, 2006

A game of two halves”¦

For Your Clients - "FTC Tips on Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards"

December 10, 2006

Citizen Democracy: Opportunities and Limits

Paper for Voting

December 07, 2006

Government Social Software - SNS in Japan Part I: Yatsushiro City

"BJS Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006"

December 04, 2006

Creating E-government the right way

"Prisoners in 2005 and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2005"

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