In recent decades many countries have leveragedinformation and communication technologies to facilitateinteraction between citizens, businesses and governments.By enhancing government efficiencies and streamlininggovernance systems, countries expect to strengthen publicservice deliveries and to improve public and private sectorinteractions. Open public data is expected to bring betteraccess to information and thus enhance democracy. Despitethese promises, electronic government (eGov) policiesaround the world face challenges brought about by, amongother things, inequalities (in terms of abilities, literacy,gender, income, location, age, etc), issues of data quality, aswell as privacy and security concerns.eGov can be examined under three different categories:Government-to-Government (G2G), Government-to-Citizen (G2C), and Government-to-Business (G2B). eGovcan also be examined via service delivery methodology,based on infrastructure development stages, provider anduser perspectives (such as the available eGov services vs.actual eGov usage) or the discursive framing of such plansand programs. This panel addresses several such scenariosto examine the current state of electronic government invarious international settings. Panelists will provide insightson specific dynamics in these countries (changing policies,environments, and technologies) and how they relate tosuccessful (or not) e-government practices.
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