The Influence of the Digital Divide to the Electronic Government Affairs

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yin ◽  
Zhong Jiahong
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Electronic Government Affairs

E-Government in the OECD

2014 ◽  
pp. 148-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barney Warf
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
State Power ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Specific Analysis

The literature on electronic government (e-government) often assumes that there exists one suitable model that can be adopted in all contexts. This chapter emphasizes the constitutive role of political and institutional context in the design, implementation, and impacts of e-government initiatives, the understanding of which require a geographically-specific analysis. It begins with a summary of various styles of e-government, including differing models and stages of implementation. Second, it offers empirical synopses of how e-government varies among and within OECD countries, emphasizing that the impacts are always culturally and politically mediated. Third, it points to the role of the digital divide in shaping citizen access to e-government, re-enforcing existing social inequalities and enhancing the access of already information-privileged groups to the levers of state power.

E-Government Issues in Developing Countries

2012 ◽  
pp. 423-439
Author(s):  
Gohar Feroz Khan ◽  
Junghoon Moon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Government Services

Electronic government, or e-Government, is the practice of providing public services to citizens, businesses, and other government agencies where government services can be accessed through the Internet, mobile phone, fax, mail, telephone, and personal visits (MGAHA, 2005). Developing countries, utilizing the late comer advantage, are mimicking trends of paperless governments with the expectations to reap the same benefits enjoyed by developed countries. However, e-Government initiatives have not always been successful in developing countries. According to the study conducted by Heeks (2003), the rate of e-Government success in developing countries was only 15 percent. The authors believe that such failures are mainly due to certain unique social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges faced by e-Government in developing countries. For example, some major issues include digital divide, political instability, and skills-related issues. However, the research dealing with these problems is limited. Therefore, in this chapter, the authors discuss these challenges.

Situation and Countermeasure Research of Government Website Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 1986-1990
Author(s):  
Xiang Hui Zhu ◽  
Jing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Government ◽  
Countermeasure Research ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Electronic Government Affairs ◽  
Government Website ◽  
Effective Procedures

This paper emphatically probes into the effective procedures of the electronic government affairs achievements appraisal on the analysis of the domestic and foreign electronic government affairs achievements appraisal experience. It discusses the main problems that electronic government affairs achievements appraisal faces at present in our country, and aims at the existing problems and degree of development of information in our country. It puts forward some proposals for the electronic government affairs achievements appraisal, to carry on the electronic government affairs achievements appraisal objectively, scientifically and effectively.

Applied-Information Technology in the Government Regional Information Sharing Operating Mechanism Based on Cloud Computation

2014 ◽  
Vol 910 ◽  
pp. 425-428
Author(s):  
Er Dan Zhao ◽  
Zhao Feng Zhang ◽  
Jie Zhu ◽  
Shu Fang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Government Operation ◽  
Efficient Scheme ◽  
Electronic Government Affairs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cloud Computation

Information technology has been widely used not only in econimic fileds but also the operation of government. The development of electronic government affairs has totally change the way of the government operation model. Cloud computation can offer safe and reliable data storage, and it can offer an efficient scheme for the electronic government affairs. We propose to use the clustering algorithm in cloud to efficiently and effectively deal with the data from all the government departments. After clustering the information, similar data are grouped together; each department can choose the interested information.

Vision Impairment and Electronic Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
Reima Suomi ◽  
Irene Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Blind People ◽  
On Line ◽  
Modern Technologies

Vision impaired are in a distinctive disadvantage when using computer screens based on visual presentation of data. Their situation becomes increasingly critical, as most society services, including issues such as eCommerce, eBusiness, eHealth, and eGovernment go on-line. Yet modern technologies can too offer solutions to their problems, both at hardware and software level, and often with reasonable cost. Effective ICT can open up new communication channels and functionalities for say totally blind people, that would not have been available for them otherwise. General sensitivity for this issue, and especially sensitivity among designers of governmental e-services must be developed. eGovernment is an especially demanding activity area as it comes to all sorts of imparities (not just vision impairment), as governmental services are often in a monopoly service delivery situation: citizen have to use them and there is often no other alternative. The issue binds it to the wider discussion on digital divide, where vision impairment is one cause for digital divide, and often very devastating, especially if still combined with other sources of digital divide.

Vision Impairment and Electronic Government

2012 ◽  
pp. 261-273
Author(s):  
Reima Suomi ◽  
Irene Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Blind People ◽  
On Line ◽  
Modern Technologies

The visually-impaired are in a distinctive disadvantage when using computer screens based on visual presentation of data. Their situation becomes increasingly critical, as most society services, including issues such as e-Commerce, e-Business, e-Health, and e-Government go on-line. Yet modern technologies can too offer solutions to their problems, both at hardware and software level, and often with reasonable cost. Effective ICT can open up new communication channels and functionalities for say totally blind people, which would not have been available for them otherwise. General sensitivity for this issue, and especially, sensitivity among designers of governmental e-services must be developed. E-Government is an especially demanding activity area as it comes to all sorts of imparities (not just vision impairment), as governmental services are often in a monopoly service delivery situation: citizen have to use them, and there is often no other alternative. The issue binds it to the wider discussion on digital divide, where vision impairment is one cause for digital divide, and often very devastating, especially if still combined with other sources of digital divide.

E-Government Issues in Developing Countries

2013 ◽  
pp. 1272-1288
Author(s):  
Gohar Feroz Khan ◽  
Junghoon Moon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Government Services

Electronic government, or e-Government, is the practice of providing public services to citizens, businesses, and other government agencies where government services can be accessed through the Internet, mobile phone, fax, mail, telephone, and personal visits (MGAHA, 2005). Developing countries, utilizing the late comer advantage, are mimicking trends of paperless governments with the expectations to reap the same benefits enjoyed by developed countries. However, e-Government initiatives have not always been successful in developing countries. According to the study conducted by Heeks (2003), the rate of e-Government success in developing countries was only 15 percent. The authors believe that such failures are mainly due to certain unique social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges faced by e-Government in developing countries. For example, some major issues include digital divide, political instability, and skills-related issues. However, the research dealing with these problems is limited. Therefore, in this chapter, the authors discuss these challenges.

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