Tuesday, March 25, 2003

eGov Opportunity in Iraq Like Barbara, I had anticipated avoiding the topic of the war on this weblog, Simon Moores of Zentelligence and James Crabtree of VoxPolitics are busy discussing the technology opportunity that may present itself following the war.  According to Dr. Moores; Iraq is virtually, or should I say physically a blank sheet of paper where technology is involved but the potential is enormous... He views "technology is acting as a catalyst for social change, introducing public sector reform, through eGovernment as a by-product." Crabtree alludes to postwar rebuilding promises of the US and UK: "And what does this have to do with e-democracy? Well, just that it would seem that the 'green field' site of post-invasion Iraq - OK, perhaps more the 'blood-soaked mud' site - would be a good place to start developing systems of government and administration that take advantage of computing technology and networks, and that we may be able to give the people of Iraq an e-government that works." 3:22:41 PM    comment []

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