Thursday, August 07, 2003

Is eGov just about transforming government? Article in Federal Computer Week: Utah Unveils Business Portal and a shocker: Mark Forman is leaving OMB My philosophy has long been that eGovernment is about much more than government, it is about helping to drive a transformation of society that goes well beyond government and well beyond e-government.  It is about driving technological advances that will help society and individuals within that society transform themselves into something greater, it is about creating a collaborative environment that will stimulate thought and creativity, it is about creating a global community.  Some of this comes out in these remarks by John Eger of the California Institute for Smart Communities (I wonder what happens to groups like this - they put up a site on the web and then ignore it) to the Arab Urban Development Institute: Thus the business of government and e-government has taken on a dramatic new role beyond providing people with more convenient access to government information services, and specifically improving the quality of service delivery. Instead, it has provided the portal or bridge to provide greater opportunities for citizens to participate in their democratic institutions and processes, thus empowering and energizing their communities to renew and reinvent themselves for the new economy. A paper by the Center of Excellence in Government calls eGovernment the next American revolution.  It is not an American revolution, it is global and we must understand it in that context. 6:57:52 AM    comment []

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