The three dimensions of E-Government


There are three types of dimensions incorporated within the realm of E-Government according to Arild Jansen (2005) which are, the democratic dimension(e-democracy), service dimension (e-service), and the administrative dimension (e-administration). The democratic dimension is how the people who elect the officials get in contact with them and voice their opinion on certain matters. This has changed so much within the last twenty years because their are dedicated webpages out there to look up and find your local congressman (or woman) and directly email them any concerns. This was not something you could do twenty years ago and is a direct move forward in the name of e-Government which makes the new technology work for the people. The old saying work smarter not harder is quote that directly relates to this type of style of governing the people and in many cases can reach more people. The service dimension is relating to the service side that public agencies administer to the public. A big example of this was a video about a program called "Esri Community Analyst" which takes all of the publicly readily available data and displays it on a live interactive map.
This program allows you to collect all of the data and export it and also import data to show the different demographics of different neighborhoods and cities all across the nation. This technology will prove to be very useful in the coming years as you can see what sections of city need more upkeep and see different things such as income per household and crime rates to name a few. Again with the increase of technology and now with the implementation of it within the government it can help make things a little easier for the public sector. One thing in particular I would point out is that citizens can post on the map about graffiti directly and the public works of that city will be notified with pictures and where exactly it is so that they will be able to handle the situation. Creating a system like this gives out access to public information in one convenient location and this is data that should be readily available to the citizens. 

Finally the administrative dimension speaks on the management work and how to improve it through the e-governance system. Another mapping system the geographical information system (GIS) runs reports directly to the public administrators in charge of making public decisions and can easily have reports ready for management to convey to the public and to other members to pass on the information. In a sense this system (GIS) provides a snapshot of their jurisdiction and allows those in charge to have a clear non biased view of what is going on within their district making it far easier on management to make decisions. Previously there would have to be survey teams sent out and much research done to find out the make up of the city but now it is a few clicks away thanks again to the up and coming e-governance. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ethics in E-Government

Image
E-Government being a 21st century movement is very new and constantly changing so it is only right there is a set standard of ethics involved with it as it moves forward. How does one go about creating a framework of what an ethical system looks like and what it will contain? Looking at America as a whole you can make a fair assumption that the large majority of the population is digitally connected and there is an effort made to provide internet access to a large portion of the population. If you were to compare America's ease of internet access to other less developed nations the disparity would shock you. North Americas population has the highest access to internet while the world average is 49.7 percent. This brings up the point of does one nation having ample internet access while other countries do not create a type of "digital divide" when one country or continent has resources that others severely lack? Is the internet a "right" that should be prov...
Read more

Social Media's role within modern day Government.

Image
As you can see from the above picture can you imagine how our fore founders view how the current state of politics is ran using social media? Imagine people displaying their tweets about how they do not agree with the constitution and having arguments over a certain "Bill of Rights"? Technology has brought us a long way since the foundation of this country in 1776. As we progress more and more as a society technology will always be at the center of it as it is an integral part of society today and prime example being "social media". Social media is the ever so controversial topic it seems like today but it is something that a large portion of our society uses every single day. This large portion of society now expands to our elected public officials using social media as a platform to spread awareness to whatever cause they see fit to promote. First we should start with pointing out the good that social media brings in the Government section. Any time a natur...
Read more

How can e-Democracy help unify the divided political USA

Image
It is clear now more than ever that the United States is more divided now than it has ever been since the civil war. Now in today's modern age another civil war erupting in America seems highly unlikely but if you watch carefully you can see just how divided people in America truly are. Now with that said how can we make a better system where there is not such animosity and hate towards each other and truly get people to have compassion for others? It may seem like a fairy tale becoming a Utopian society especially in America where there has been a huge divide which has only worsened since the end of the civil war but there is steps that can be taken to help heal and come together. Now you can't realistically expect people to come join and huddle around the camp fire and sing Kumbaya together but there is things with the implementation of eDemocracy that can help bring people together. Pia Mancini brings up a system her country uses to help bring the usefulness of the interne...
Read more