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1. Political will – Governments’ ability to pass laws and regulations is essential for setting the legal frame of E-Government and for its uniform implementation nation-wide. | '''1. Political will''' – Governments’ ability to pass laws and regulations is essential for setting the legal frame of E-Government and for its uniform implementation nation-wide. | ||
2. Information Technology capabilities – continuing IT development, exponential growth of the number of users, and more friendlier interfaces enable E-Government to reach an increased part of population. | |||
3. Involvement of IT companies – IT hardware and software companies perceive E-Government as enterprise architecture; as a consequence, they seek partnerships with governments for integrated solutions. (See the IBM Institute for Electronic Government). | |||
4. People’s need for democracy – as citizens’ distrust in politicians and traditional forms of governance deepens E-Government becomes, for ordinary people, a means of direct involvement in democratic processes by making their voice heard. | '''2. Information Technology capabilities''' – continuing IT development, exponential growth of the number of users, and more friendlier interfaces enable E-Government to reach an increased part of population. | ||
'''3. Involvement of IT companies''' – IT hardware and software companies perceive E-Government as enterprise architecture; as a consequence, they seek partnerships with governments for integrated solutions. (See the IBM Institute for Electronic Government). | |||
'''4. People’s need for democracy''' – as citizens’ distrust in politicians and traditional forms of governance deepens E-Government becomes, for ordinary people, a means of direct involvement in democratic processes by making their voice heard. | |||
[edit]Paradigms: | [edit]Paradigms: | ||
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Description:
Electronic Government – E-Government or Digital-Government – is a means of making governments more efficient and focused on citizens’ needs through improved Internet technology. Since the desired interaction is a two-way one, E-Government is also an important means that citizens and businesses can use to better communicate their opinions, concerns, and suggestions to governmental agencies and officials.
Electronic governance is viewed as a political process aiming to reforming local and national governance, by achieving cross-boundary integration, increasing government efficiency and accountability, and reducing taxpayers’ cost burden. As stressed on many official websites, E-Governance does not equate to transposing forms from their paper format to e-format. Rather than that, E-Governance is first about replacing redundant systems with efficient customer service for the citizens of our more and more wired world. Second, E-Governance’s role is to foster increased implication of citizens in choosing the governmental products and services which will better serve people. In other words, E-Governance should be seen as an essential tool to reaching a more participatory form of democratic debate in the rulemaking process.
Enablers:
1. Political will – Governments’ ability to pass laws and regulations is essential for setting the legal frame of E-Government and for its uniform implementation nation-wide.
2. Information Technology capabilities – continuing IT development, exponential growth of the number of users, and more friendlier interfaces enable E-Government to reach an increased part of population.
3. Involvement of IT companies – IT hardware and software companies perceive E-Government as enterprise architecture; as a consequence, they seek partnerships with governments for integrated solutions. (See the IBM Institute for Electronic Government).
4. People’s need for democracy – as citizens’ distrust in politicians and traditional forms of governance deepens E-Government becomes, for ordinary people, a means of direct involvement in democratic processes by making their voice heard.
[edit]Paradigms: Everything that exists, exists in space. All bodies are joined by space. For humans the internet offers a new space that can connect us like normal space connects all things. This is a new space in which we can live, socialize, do business, love, communicate, build communities towns and cities, learn, and even get married. But beyond all this lies a new potential, something unseen, unknown even to the most savvy internet users. Cyber space can be used as a powerful instrument for healing, for spiritual growth, for mental and emotional expansion. With the internet, when used properly, we can actually expand our awareness as it amplifies certain aspects of our consciousness.
From "Using the Internet as an Amplifier of Human Consciousness"
[edit]Experts: Sources for additional information about this driving force. (if you have found people, put the links to them)
[edit]Timing: Dates for key milestones in the development of the driving force. Year - Average cost, in South Africa, for a ISP connection in (R) 1993 - 80, 1994 - 80, 1995 - 80, 1996 - 80, 1997 - 80, 1998 - 80, 1999 - 88, 2000 - 89, 2001 - 90, 2002 - 94, 2003 - 100.
[edit]Web Resources: http://www.internet.org.za/costs.html
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