Open Government - Egovernment in Europe, E-Government, E-Services, International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: EGovernment in Europe, E-Government, E-Services, International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Open Data in Canada, Open source political campaign, Government Accountability Office, Code for America, Local eGovernment, Open Philanthropy, MyEnvironment, Access to knowledge movement, SeeClickFix, PolicyPitch, Whole of Government Accounts, De-Mail. Excerpt: e-Government (short for electronic government, or eGovernment in the European Commission lingo) refers to the use of information and communication technology to provide and improve government services, transactions and interactions with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. All European countries show eGovernment initiatives, mainly related to the improvement of governance at the national level. Significant eGovernment activities also take place at the European Commission level as well. There is an extensive list of eGovernment Fact Sheets maintained by the European Commission. The European Commission is actively supporting eGovernment both at the national level and at its own supranational level. The Vice-President for Administrative Affairs is responsible for the advancement of eGovernment at the Commission level through large-scale activities that implement the e-Commission strategy. The Information Society and Media Directorate-General and the Directorate-General for Informatics implement this strategy, through several programmes and related activities. Two of the most prominent such initiatives are the IDABC programme, and its successor, ISA. IDABC is guided and monitored by a team of national experts. The eGovernment policy of the European Commission until 2010 is described by the i2010 Action Plan that defines the principles and directions of eGovernment policy of the European Commission. In view of the next five-year...