{"title":"Designing a bidirectional workflow for OpenStreetMap data integration in an INSPIRE based SDI","authors":"A. Silva, J. Rocha","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691308","url":null,"abstract":"More educated people, with more sophisticated devices, are creating new trends: crowded source data and citizen science. Citizens are able to capture data and to reason about it. They are producers and consumers of their own data. Meanwhile, local administration is struggling with less resources and more pressure to become more efficient. In this paper we try to bridge the gap between these two different worlds, apart from each other, proposing a workflow. We discuss the advantages and the technical challenges we might face if crowded source data can be used by the administration. To make this possible, we take advantage of the existing European regulation, the INSPIRE directive, and designed a workflow to implement the rules regarding data specifications to the OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to combine it seamless with official existing datasets.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124118333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accessibility of e-governance in rural India: a critical view point","authors":"M. Patra, R. Das","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691218","url":null,"abstract":"e-Governance has been embraced by almost all the countries which aim at modernizing public administration by trying to improve information and service delivery, and making government more accountable, transparent, responsive and effective. In a country like India, though there has been a political will for the successful implementation of e-Governance but accessibility of e-Governance in rural India has been a daunting task. Rural India constitutes a major portion of the country to be covered under the e-Governance mission plan. But, due to disadvantaged geographical positioning most of the rural areas are either inaccessible or poorly connected as far as ICT is concerned. As a result, people living in such areas have little access to many of the e-Governance services. Besides this, due to lack of education and inability to cope with ICT, the rural mass has lagged behind their urban counterparts in taking advantage of e-Governance services. In this paper, we analyze the factors that have an impact on the accessibility of e-Governance services, especially in rural India. This study can provide an insight into the actual requirements of the marginalized section of the society which must be suitably addressed in order to improve their accessibility to different ICT enabled services, thereby help achieving the mandate of inclusive e-Governance.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123547433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Readiness of Afghan government for the deployment of e-government solutions","authors":"Baseer Ahmad Baheer, S. Sousa, D. Lamas","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691252","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence exist that e-Governance can facilitate the delivery of information and services needed by stakeholders, citizens, and decision makers in a cost-effective, efficient, and streamlined way; representing a possible solution for some developing countries, such as Afghanistan. As so emerges the need for deliver services and provide access to information in a seamless way. Being the first step to interconnect e-service applications and make them interoperate in all governmental institutions. Or go beyond methodologies for deployment of interoperability frameworks, and extend governance best practices to include various stages and activities for provision of e-services. This article aims to discuss the readiness of Afghan government for deploying e-government services and solutions. It uses Ministry of Education as a particular case study.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116927653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ICT as a driver for senior citizens' social inclusion","authors":"I. Grigoryeva, Maksim Shubinskiy, E. Mayorova","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691260","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the problem of social inclusion of senior citizens and the role of the ICT in these prices. Modern society is marked by global processes of ageing of population and IT and computer development. But it is the elderly people who are the least accustomed to ICT use. This article presents the results of the research on pensioners' ICT usage practices which are considered as \"practices of adaptation\" that help senior citizens to integrate to the modern society, and some follow-up steps. We have compared the experience of five countries (Russia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark and Belarus) in ICT training of the elderly and their use of new skills. The research showed that 58% of respondents have computers at home. The elderly usually use Internet for search information (38%), reading the news (22%), corresponding with friends (33%), reading books and periodical (18%), communication via Skype (14%). The research determined the necessity of strengthening cybersecurity measures in view of the elderly features.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124387602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The framework of cross-border electronic service platform in Asean-China free trade area","authors":"Chongzhao Li, Jiang Ke, L. Hong","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691242","url":null,"abstract":"This research draws up from fundamental function, service object, key to the construction and institutional environment of four aspects to discussion the framework of Cross-Border electronic public service platform in ACFTA.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129077533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Pardo, Ronald L. Greenberg, Donna S. Canestraro
{"title":"Combating financial crisis with government transformation: the NYS shared services experience","authors":"T. Pardo, Ronald L. Greenberg, Donna S. Canestraro","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691311","url":null,"abstract":"In 2011, New York State (NYS) Government, like many governments around the world faced the dire consequences of the 2008 economic downturn. A number of government leaders, including New York State's Governor Andrew Cuomo, recognized transformation as critical to their efforts to meet the obligations of their governments. In this experience paper we share the story of New York State as it worked to transform State Government Information Technology (IT) operations as part of an overall government transformation agenda. We tell a story that begins with the global financial crisis and ends with the passage of legislation to create a new state-wide government agency with responsibility for NYS' almost $2 Billion IT portfolio and with an agenda focused on maximizing back-office efficiencies through a shared services strategy grounded in a new IT governance model. We draw briefly on recent literature of shared services and IT governance to provide a framework for the story and a concluding discussion of critical success factors and shifting motivations.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124468344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to use the social capital and social media tools to construct the old-age service system under the shortage of relevant resources: policy and experiences in China","authors":"Feng Yang","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691309","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we describe the serious super aging society in china and the shortage of relevant resources to serve for the elderly. And we explore that, under the guidance of government, how to incorporate various resources and use the information and communications technology (ICT) as a tool to overcome difficulties in the elderly services.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117334669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Significance of socio-cultural, political and historical factors for the introduction of e-participation in Switzerland","authors":"Tereza Cahlikova","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691239","url":null,"abstract":"The arrival of new technologies in the public sector and the connected re-definition of ways public administrations interact with citizens is currently a burning topic. Despite numerous research projects exploring the introduction of electronic government (e-Government) from the citizens' perspective, insights on the topic from the point of view of public officials and politicians stay vastly unexplored. The objective of the present project is to respond to this gap. By evaluating the influence of factors such as the political tradition, institutional system or organisational culture, we aim to explain the relative underdevelopment of electronic participation (e-Participation) tools in Switzerland. Despite the excellent potential that Swiss authorities have at their disposal in this regard, the level of e-Participation development ranks the country far behind the leaders in the field. The main outcome of the present research will be, in the first place, exposure of principal problematic points connected to the aforementioned factors that impact on the comparative immaturity of e-Participation instruments in Switzerland and, secondly, suggestions of solutions that could open a way towards the further advancement of digital democracy.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"86 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127988722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards big data analytics framework: ICT professionals salary profile compilation perspective","authors":"R. Ramasamy","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691196","url":null,"abstract":"This paper elucidates the opportunity on expanding the on-going preparation of salary profile of information communications technology (ICT) professionals of Malaysia into a big data analytics (BDA) activity. The current activity is based on structured database provided by the online job service providers. In essence, BDA framework entailing 5 Vs namely, volume, variety, velocity, veracity and value used in gauging the gaps and potential areas to consider in next stages.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116405225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the role of creating a share point in organizational collaboration for e-government success","authors":"N. Sat","doi":"10.1145/2691195.2691217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2691195.2691217","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the idea of creating a new space, as a share point, regarding e-government organizational structure. The purpose of share point is to give an opportunity for overcoming organizational barriers. The study argues that one of the problems in e-government applications, particularly in small scale towns, is communication problems between departments observed by management Actually the problem, at first glance, may seem as a reflection of a silo mentality, but it is the problem of institutionalization rather than the existence of information silos This study recommends that there should be a venue designed for information sharing as a share point. Such a design, necessarily requires department managers to be ensured of trust and privacy as well as to facilitate the information sharing environment.","PeriodicalId":352305,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance","volume":"35 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113956973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}