... issues and barriers that currently prohibit the advancement of remote‐access voting. Findings There is a brief and largely successful history involving applications of information communication technologies (ICTs) and computer technology to assist in data capture and tabulation of democratic...

..., Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy The following articles were selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Government Information systems Innovation Communication technologies User studies Cambodia Article...

...Soon Ae Chun; Luis F. Luna‐Reyes; Rodrigo Sandoval‐Almazán; John Carlo Bertot; Paul T. Jaeger; Justin M. Grimes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which governments build social media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) into e‐government transparency...

... Group Publishing Limited 2011 Citizens Government Communication technologies Information media Electronic government (e‐Government) enables high performance. It enables better outcomes for less cost – maximum value from every resource expended (Accenture, 2004, p. 2). E...

... collection. Helle Zinner Henriksen can be contacted at: hzh.caict@cbs.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Government Communication technologies Open systems Business planning Carr (2003) has powerfully stated that “IT doesn't matter”, arguing that the strategic importance...

... studies; this paper provides empirical evidence, through a survey, of the level of e‐participation and factors that promote e‐participation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Citizens Government Communication technologies Open systems Surveys Internet Much of the electronic...

... understanding of emerging arguments and ideas contributing to the policy‐making process. The term electronic participation (or eParticipation) implies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to expand and deepen political participation by enabling citizens to connect with one another...

... on these areas: Based on the survey data of 2002 and 2008, the assessment of e‐participation readiness concentrated on the supplier side (information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and available e‐services), enriched by accessibility measures, defined in the Austrian e‐Government Act...

.../methodology/approach Based on the analysis of the existing technologies and the authors' prior findings, electronic voting was approached as a public information and communication technologies service. Findings A new methodology of forming election event outcomes is proposed, which is based...

..., the low adoption of information and communication technologies in government, and the low uptake of available e‐government initiatives are the key reasons for such a poor performance in e‐government. Practical implications The proposed framework can be used for evaluating the public value of e...

... are the most frequent form of online civic participation by internet users. Social networks Communication technologies Democracy Citizen participation United Kingdom “The e‐Petition shows that my government is listening” was the title of Tony Blair's (2008) article in response to an online...

... of the future. While cloud computing and desktop grid computing will gain in prominence, the growth of traditional cluster‐based grid computing may remain dormant. Navonil Mustafee can be contacted at: n.mustafee@swansea.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Communication technologies...

... combinations, metaphorically named according to the characteristics of that category. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Change management Government Communication technologies Government policy Strategic management India The tsunami of change has compelled organizations to focus...

.... These attributes represent dimensions that possess various values, and can be used in order to characterise user participation. The attributes and possible values are: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Communication technologies Information systems Citizen participation There is a long...

..., and meanings in both rhetoric and practice. Public administration Government Communication technologies Labour Sweden © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Internationally, the current wave of public sector modernization associated with the advent of information technology (IT) goes...

... measures or vote on others. Another issue to discuss might be the level of influence the measured entities (e.g. MS in case of the EU) have on altering results. Benchmarking Government Communication technologies European Union United Nations The potential of benchmarking as a tool...

... with certain problems and to encourage them to work together to solve these problems. Government Communication technologies Simulation Decision support systems Role play Research Although many efforts have been made to bridge the gap between citizens, businesses, policy‐makers, public managers...

...), e‐commerce (Pavlou, 2003), and e‐government services (Carter and Bélanger, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Government Information systems Innovation Communication technologies User studies Cambodia The external variables that impact the perceived usefulness...

... Communication technologies The benefits of e‐government to developing countries such as Saudi Arabia are immense, particularly given the size and extent of the population. Saudi Arabia occupies an area of 2,240,000 square kilometers (about 865,000 square miles) in the southern‐eastern region of Asian...

... Government policy Citizens Project management Communication technologies The results of the WITSA study produced ten e‐government challenges. Each of these challenges is corroborated by other literature that is reflected here which affirms that none of these barriers are new – all have been examined...