{"title":"Decision support services: A framework for distributed decision making over the Web","authors":"Ciesar Alfaro, J. M. Lavin, Javier Gómez, D. Rios","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461470","url":null,"abstract":"There has been a raise in the desire to participate in governmental decisions by citizens in recent years. This has motivated the emergence of hundreds of participatory instruments that facilitate the transmission of citizen concerns and desires. Similarly, there has been an increased use of information and communication technologies allowing citizens to contact and provide their preferences to the politicians. We develop here an architecture to support distributed decision making, allowing to construct and implement most participatory processes available. It is based on a standard that enables information exchange among various stages of the process, using XML standard and Web services.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"90 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115984295","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":"Rules and policies for dissemination of digital public information in municipalities","authors":"N. Armas, Vicente Morales, S. Bayona","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461696","url":null,"abstract":"The Diffusion of public information through electronic media providing administrative transparency and allow to increase the legitimacy of the government to enable citizens to participate in public affairs and that public authorities can to account for its actions to citizens. This paper refers to the form of application of Technical Standards and processes of information technology, IT. Using the methodology of work simplification, IT Technical Standards in force were applied in Ecuador. For this work was taken as reference Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Municipality of Ambato, DAGMA, for which the collection of information previously carried out, which helped to diagnose the current situation of e-Government del DAGMA through the SWOT analysis. Then, rules and policies were defined for the diffusion of digital public information, and explains how to apply the rules properly through the methodology for developing manuals, policies and procedures, resulting in the Application Guidelines of Standards and Policies for the dissemination of public information in the Digital DAGMA.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114613810","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":"Tutorial: Data analytics in the domain of smart cities and e-Government","authors":"José Aguilar","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461463","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communications technology (ICT) is becoming in a main component of urban environments and is a necessary tool for the smart cities [1,3,10]. Smart cities can benefit of the ICT, however it needs sophisticate mechanisms and appropriate software technologies to collect, store, analyze and visualize the data from the city environment and the citizens. The urban environments are of the main data generators worldwide. In the context of smart cities, there is an abundance of data that can be mined by applying data analytic techniques, in order to define services that increase citizens' quality of life. There are different data sources, like the traditional information held by public institutions (data about the traffic, the health care, etc.), the information generated by the citizens (using their smartphones, etc.), sensor systems on the city (camera networks, smart meters, etc.), in the context of the Internet of Things, etc. [1,4,10].","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"os-32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127775283","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":"Tutorial: Internet of Things and the upcoming wireless sensor networks related with the use of big data in mapping services; issues of smart cities","authors":"Víctor González-Jaramillo","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461464","url":null,"abstract":"Some years ago we used to talk about a very far future, a dream in where people can access to services and information into small devices; in which we can accesses to information, make calls, watch videos and surf maps. That far future is not so far, actually the advance of technology involves a more powerful hardware which is day to day is becoming into small devices with big resources [14]. The upcoming development of electronic allows that these devices could be integrated into smart networks [8]; these networks are called Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN; [13]). WSN do not need physical connections, they use communication systems such as ZigBEE, WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM [7]. Each individual device called moth have autonomous characteristics of communications, storage of data, automatic organization and recovery of the network communication among others that allow the network performs an autonomous work, with the possibility of Internet connection. These characteristic let emerge the so called Internet of Things (IoT), phrase that was coined in the early 1990's, where everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data [1]. Since these days, technology has an exponential advance and now it is possible to find devices that permit earth observations in real time [11,15,4]. All this collected information use cloud and no-cloud storage [3]. These systems allow to store big amounts of data [6], that is collected from devices integrated in the concept of IoT [5] (especially incomes from smartphones, GPS's devices and various earth observation sensors). The analysis of this big data (some of them spatial information) will be helpful in treatment and finding related solutions in specific areas such as public administration, environment, urban services, etc. [12]. Also, the data that at the beginning was depicted like sparse information, it begins to converge into a shape. This shape can be seen like maps that could be paper maps or digital ones. The representation of the information into maps is linked to a wide range of disciplines and the concept is not new but the enhancement that it has reached until now is incredible, especially the digital information given in Internet which could be accessed by electronic devices (smart phones, tablets and computers). E-government services would improve efficiency and consequently citizen's satisfaction due to the implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI, [9]). In order to good development of SDI, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OCG) has an important role. OGC is an international industry consortium of companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards [10]. One of the most popular OGC standards is the Web Map Service (WMS) that allows to show spatial information, considered fundamental for the development of many of the services in the way that a citizen can access to e-government services (e.g","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114802866","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}
M. Buzzi, L. Ferrucci, F. Gennai, Claudio Petrucci
{"title":"A proposed evolution for the Italian certified electronic mail system","authors":"M. Buzzi, L. Ferrucci, F. Gennai, Claudio Petrucci","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461693","url":null,"abstract":"One the main objective of the European Commission is to innovate and bring ICT to its full potential in any sector, including eGovernment, eCommerce, and eHealth services. Certified Electronic Mail (CEM) systems of Member States are currently not interoperable, thus impacting on economic growth and competitiveness. The paper investigates the use of the DNSSec technology as a technological evolution of the Italian CEM System and the first step towards interoperability and adherence to international standards.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117203280","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":"Risks, trust and results: The project's methodology underneath Cape Verde's Justice Information System","authors":"C. Teixeira, Joaquim Sousa Pinto","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461695","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the latest developments on the Cape Verde's Justice Information System. It addresses the methodology, the research and the development work taken to achieve the current system's maturity.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122939603","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":"Integrating privacy and trust in voting advice applications","authors":"Aigul Kaskina, Andreas Meier","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461471","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the privacy risks that citizens are exposed to while using online platforms, this research focuses on privacy and trust issues in the field of e-Democracy, particularly in voting advice applications (VAAs). After a literature review, a VAA profile privacy framework will be introduced. Within this framework each citizen will be able to manage her/his political profile's privacy settings according to her/his personal preferences regarding information disclosure. By conducting an experiment based on real data collected from an online survey, the data sensitivity and visibility inherent to the VAA will be identified. Additionally, the privacy preferences of citizens have been clustered and classified according to their degree of openness. Moreover, as the core of the VAA, a recommender engine will be proposed to embed a trust network and privacy preferences in the recommendation process. This will preserve the VAA from unreliable users, as well as take into account citizens wishes related to personal privacy within the platform. Furthermore, conclusions and outlook for the future work will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125331908","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}
Nelson Iván Herrera Herrera, Hector Sanchez Santamaria, Miguel Macias Macias, Estevan Gómez
{"title":"Analysis of the factors generating vehicular traffic in the city of Quito and its relation to the application of sensorial and social data with big data as a basis for decision making","authors":"Nelson Iván Herrera Herrera, Hector Sanchez Santamaria, Miguel Macias Macias, Estevan Gómez","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461710","url":null,"abstract":"This research corresponds to a first phase of study on the search of the main causes that generate vehicular traffic in the Metropolitan District of Quito and approaching potential application I.3 through the use of intelligent systems based on social networks and sensorial data using Big Data. So the current situation of the city is analyzed as well as the problem that traffic represent for Quito, subsequently the analysis of various cases throughout the world who have suffered the problem of traffic congestion is summarized and then is analized and related with solutions that have been taken and which have improved mobility in these cities. While the focus of this study is not to provide direct solutions to the problem of transportation but rather to present the diagnosis of the main problems. The study deepens with field research with 95% confidence to a total of 384 people by random cluster sampling, seeking to make a representative study of the population that is transported in Quito through a poll. The results determined that the population considers congestion as one of the main problems of the city. Meanwhile in research the perception of the population is presented about the various problems that generate traffic in the city. The vehicular increase and the lack of public transport use are analyzed as part of the results and finally the feasibility of using tools such as social networking identified as potential tools to capture information that allows analyzing alternative solutions to traffic congestion. The study concludes with an analysis of both the main problems and potential solutions to improve traffic and the feasible use of social network Twitter as a tool for decision making for better efficiency of traffic by better use of routes by transportation means as vehicles, achieving research with an initial analysis, but critical to the implementation of potential solutions for decision making in improving traffic congestion in the city.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129943574","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}
Viarda Elena Lobos, Clara Diana Lopez, J. Paciello, Juan Pane
{"title":"Proposal of a unified BPM model for open data publication","authors":"Viarda Elena Lobos, Clara Diana Lopez, J. Paciello, Juan Pane","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461703","url":null,"abstract":"The Open Government paradigm uses open data as a tool to generate transparency, enabling citizens to access public information, allowing them to participate and collaborate in the democratic and economic development of the country. The process to make available public data is not standardized. There are laws on access to public information known as Freedom of Information (FOI). Based on these laws, some countries are applying the open data approach. The standardization of the data opening process will enable the implementation of reusable open source tools of Electronic Government to expedite the interaction between citizens and government. This paper proposes the design of a unified open data process and its application through a Business Process Management (BPM) model using an open source process management engine.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133862495","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}
José Ignacio Peláez, A. Casado, Estela R. Yanez, Freddy A. Duran
{"title":"E-democracy & e-government: Present and future","authors":"José Ignacio Peláez, A. Casado, Estela R. Yanez, Freddy A. Duran","doi":"10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2016.7461701","url":null,"abstract":"Citizen participation in Government's decisions has been a constant struggle since the earliest civilizations. In the ancient Greece, Aristotle said that decisions of all things should depend on the general Citizens Assembly; that judges were elected by lot and for a limited time; and that election is not depended of the importance of his fortune. To reach this objective, the society, especially the occidental one, has been implementing different forms of participation in order to achieve this objective, in a process not exempt from difficulties. A solution to this problem has been the representative democracy; but in recent years, the so-called crisis of representative democracies has been so evident that we have seen decreases in the citizen participation percentages in elections, because they have seen no actions on their representatives, making long lasting the evils pointed by Aristotle more than 2000 years ago. To respond to this drop in participation, different initiatives seeking to bring closer to the citizen the daily decisions of society had emerged. The objective of this study is to analyze the major initiatives implemented and the main problems attached to them. Analysis has shown that security is the main problem facing the majority of the initiatives, meaning privacy, uniqueness, traceability and integrity.","PeriodicalId":430614,"journal":{"name":"2016 Third International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)","volume":"01 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127163568","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}