Edited by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and David Lazer

Presentation by: Dan Blanchard

Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government

http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/netgov/2007/09/governance_and_information_tec.html

Electronic Government Information Government

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/w3c-092409.html

Electronic Government

http://www.e-jamaica.gov.jm/

http://www.haqeeqat.org/

http://dialog.ua.edu/2009/07/ua-librarians-blog-puts-government-information-at-readers-fingertips/ http://www.freebalance.com/blog/?tag=government-20

Information Government

http://www.econguru.com/2007-gdp-nominal-per-capita-world-map-imf/

96% of users who accessed their government online did so to look up information, download forms, or to provide the authorities with information. Only 4% went to their government online to express an opinion.

http://challenge.gov/GSA/80-next-generation-design-competitionA link currently posted on the United States’ government website. The competition is being hosted by Metropolis Magazine. Who decides to include this link on the website? Why?

Will the government allow more user involvement and

communication on the official USA.gov website?

http://obamaventuracounty.blogspot.com/

“Knowledge is participation” –Robert B. Parker

Sweden 1766- first freedom of information law.

http://lollitop.blogspot.com/2008/08/euro-2008-greece-vs-sweden.html

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB224/index.htm

Information sharing will rapidly increase and people will be better informed.

Discussions regarding issues will increase due to the highly informed public.

E-government I-government

Transparency Understanding Participation

If the government shared more with its citizens, would the society

be even more democratic?

Candidates running for a specific government position often times manipulate information to make it seem like they did the right thing. This manipulation can be using old statistics, or even leaving out important issues that they struggle with.

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/ushisgov/themes/government/checks.htm

Follow Obama on Twitter Political Facebook groups

More ways than ever to stay “in the loop”

http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/02/18/how-much-social-media-should-be-monitored/

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/02/104627/forget-policy-some-of-this-wikileaks.html

Is this beneficial to our country?

The four headers currently on USA.govGet Services

Explore TopicsFind Government Agencies

Contact Government

This seems to be a step in the right direction. There is also a search bar as well as phone numbers.

http://www.usa.gov/

http://www.technobuzz.net/create-your-passport-photos-online/

Is this the greatest idea? Are people really this lazy?

http://griffinfarley.typepad.com/propagation/2010/11/twitter-by-territory-infographic.html

Notice Washington D.C.!

I’d give this book a very generous 7 out of 10.It was an incredibly boring yet useful read.

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http://www.belmont.edu/ps/http://www.pnc.edu/technology/computer/

You people in these fields might find the book a little more interesting. I hope!