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The Riley Report
The Riley Report
A periodical with commentary on IT policies
and practices by Thomas B. Riley
The latest Report: Openness
vs. Privacy: What are the Tensions?
Overview
This
month's report assesses the issue of openness in our society through the use
of freedom of information laws vs. privacy laws which give citizens the right
to access their personal information held in government databanks. Each of
these principles can be considered part of our inalienable human rights in
democratic and free societies.
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Guest Paper:
BACKGROUND PAPER ON SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS BY EXISTING E-GOVERNANCE AND ICT4D PROJECTS IN INDIA & THEIR RELEVANCE, INTEGRATION WITH THE CSC SCHEME OF THE GOVT. OF INDIA
Contributed by : Chetan Sharma, founder of DATAMATION
For: National Institute for Smart Government, HYDERABAD, INDIA
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We are experiencing significant cultural change in societies around the world due to the increasing number of new information and communication technologies coming into the marketplace. These innovations are altering the way we
communicate and interact with each other in public spaces. These changes could have significant impacts on our understanding of privacy and the ability to remain anonymous.
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This paper explores the current theory regarding e-government and best practices in Government for the usage and implementation of information and communication technologies in government and other organizations. It also explores
the relevance and recent evolution of e-governance to organizations. The paper addresses the necessity for organizations to apply crucial principles to ensure good governance
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E-PLATFORM FOR CITIZEN'S ENGAGEMENT:
A THREE-TIER APPROACH
This paper assesses the state of e-Participation between governments and
citizens at large. eDemocracy continues to be a growing phenomenon but
has yet to engage any large, significant numbers in societies around the
world. The paper recommends a three-tier approach to bring a wider number of
people into the eDemocracy tent. This paper was presented at a United
Nations workshop on e-Participation. The workshop was part of a larger
conference organized by the state of Queensland, Australia, and the United
Nations, called Engaging Communities. The conference was held from
August 14 to 17 in Brisbane and attracted 2200 participants with
representatives from 35 countries. Full details on the conference can
be found at: engagingcommunities2005.org.
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This paper examines the need for governments to build
e-government knowledge sharing repositories. It is important for
government agencies to understand the past and how this modern discipline of
e-Governance, e-government and e-democracy evolved. Knowledge sharing
of lessons learned is an important process for government. This paper
articulates a strategy on how a knowledge sharing of e-government lessons
and experiences can be achieved. Canada, a continuing number one
leader in e-government, is the model used for the paper.
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Guest Paper: (January
2005)
The Roadmap to e-Governance Implementation: Selected Perspectives by Rogers W'O Okot-Uma, Vice-Chair, Commonwealth Centre for
e-Governance
This second paper by our guest author is the result of the lessons of experience he has accumulated over a period of more than 10 years in the conceptualization and implementation of e-Governance and e-Strategy projects in developing countries of Africa, the Caribbean and Asia/Pacific. The article effectively and cogently reduces the concepts of the paper to a simple and readable series of ‘what-to-do’ policy-oriented initiatives what in the real world of public service reform is an otherwise complex, uncharted enterprise. Though presented in what appears to be ‘clinical’ in nature, the core of the article is representative of years of perceived good practice in e-Governance implementation. The author Rogers W’O Okot-Uma is an Independent governance Adviser affiliated to the Commonwealth Informatics Resources, London, and formerly Chief Programme Officer, Informatics, at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Guest Paper: (December 2004)
This paper on cyberlaws has been researched and written by Rogers W'O
Okot-Uma (okotuma@hotmail.com) who is an Independent e-Governance Advisor in
London, UK and the Vice-Chair and cofounder of the Commonwealth Centre for
e-Governance and the former Chief Programme Officer (Informatics) at the
Commonwealth Secretariat.
This paper is an abridged definitive conceptual framework presented for
Electronic Governance (eGovernance). The framework relies on the time-proven
principle of introducing a concept by progressing from the 'known' to the
'unknown'. It takes note of the need to define Electronic Governance from
the more well-known concept of Good Governance that predates it. The
framework is informed by the author's several years of experience in an
advisory role in the concepts, planning and implementation of eGovernance in
Commonwealth member countries. Read
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Security Vs Privacy: Update of the Issues, is a continuation of a paper written in 2003 on security issues and the impacts on privacy. This paper looks at a number of technology initiatives to enhance security. This has raised number privacy issues in countries such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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This is the seventh in a series of reports assessing international developments in the policies and public administration issues now driving e-government and e-governance. This paper addresses two key issues relevant to the evolution of e-government: information sharing and the digital divide in developed countries.
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e-Democracy Seminar Report, Brussels
This Report is an overview of a two day seminar in Brussels, February 12 and 13, 2004, on
e-Democracy organized by the eGov unit of the Information Society Directorate-General of the European Commission. The focus of the seminar was how good policies, effective legislation, wide citizen
participation, cooperation between governments, legislative assemblies and outside
groups, such as NGOs and the citizen at large, and information and
communication technologies can reinforce and strengthen democracy. This Report was prepared by Thomas B. Riley, who was a Rapporteur at the seminar.
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SECURITY vs. PRIVACY: STRIKING THE BALANCE
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES
The implementation of anti-terrorism and security laws in the past three years has been the subject of this study. The paper assesses the overall changes and amendments to legislation, and new regulations, made by governments in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, and what impacts the new legal and policy environment is having on privacy. This paper covers up to December 2003. An updated paper will be made available later this year.
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A Report on Security and Laws Privacy Seminar and
Roundtable, October 2003 (Released March 2004)
This report is the outcome of two events in October2003 on a common topic:
Security and Privacy Laws – Striking the Balance. The first was held in
public, a one-day seminar organized by the Commonwealth Centre for
Electronic Governance in Ottawa on October 20,2003. and a follow up
Roundtable the following day.
This report seeks to capture some of the more compelling points from the two
discussions. It presents the public policy agenda that arises from striking
a balance between legislation that attempts to protect the security
interests of the Canadian state and of Canadians collectively and other
legislation that aims to protect the privacy and rights of individuals. Read
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This new publication from the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance is entitled: The Changing Role of the Citizen in the E-Governance and E-Democracy equation. This is the completed thesis of Cathia Gilbert Riley, Research Fellow for the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance, for her MA in legal
Studies.
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INTERNATIONAL TRACKING SURVEY REPORTS: 2003
This is the Final paper in a series of five reports assessing international developments in the policies and public administration issues now driving e-government, e-governance and e-democracy. As e-government principles and practices have been applied in the past few years it has been clear that fundamental governance issues determine the workability of the application of e-services delivery and e-programs. This fifth report addresses the evolution of e-governance to e-democracy in our growing global information society.
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Any queries contact CCEG at: info@rileyis.com
This is the fourth in a series of five reports assessing international developments in the policies and public administration issues now driving e-government and e-governance. This report addresses the differences between e-government and e-governance in our growing global information society.
The French version is also available on this site.
This third report in our 2003 series on information policies and e-governance, e-government and e-democracy, addresses the nature of government information in a growing global information society and how applications of information distribution can better assist the public in contributing effectively to the knowledge society. Thus, the third report in this series assesses the pivotal role that information is taking in e-government and why governments are starting to look at ways to distribute wider amounts of information to the public. These reports represent guidelines for policy implementations for e-government that can be used by governments, whether they are developed or developing countries.
The French version is also available on this site.
This is the second in the series five policy papers and their relation to e-government. Research for this paper has shown that the application of Knowledge Management is beginning to grow within many government departments. This paper explores the growing subject matter and offers some case examples.
A French
translation of this paper can be found here.
This Report on the relationship of Information Management to e-Government
is the first of a series of five International Tracking Survey Reports. The
next four Reports, to be released over the next four months, deal with
Knowledge Management, the Information Society and the relationship of
E-government to E-democracy. The Final report in the series will be on the
evolution of e-democracy and online consultations. A French
translation of this paper can also be found here.
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Change Management, E-governance, International Privacy Issues and the
Relationship to E-government:
Five Country International Tracking Survey Reports and Analysis Series
(2002)
- Knowledge Management: An Evolving
Discipline, February 2000
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Recent Books
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Time's End: A Novel.. An insightful commentary on how the world might evolve if society does not take control over its own development...
Release
notes and order information.
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Electronic Governance And Electronic Democracy: Living and Working In The Connected World
Volume 2, Thomas
B. Riley, June 2001
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Electronic Governance: Living And Working In The Wired World
Thomas
B. Riley, May 2000
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Living
in the Electronic Village:
The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE V, Thomas B. Riley, July, 1998
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE IV, Thomas B. Riley, November, 1997
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE III, Thomas B. Riley, September,
1996
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Privacy
In The Information Age -- A Handbook for Government and Industry
Professionals,
Robert Gillis & Thomas B. Riley, 1996
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology in
a Changing World - PHASE II, Thomas B. Riley, May, 1995
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World - PHASE I, Thomas B. Riley, December, 1993
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Presentations
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Past Columns
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Knowledge
Management,
Government Computer, Volume 9, Number 3,
March,
1999
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Electronic
Governance and Electronic Democracy: The New Reality on the Net,
Government
Computer,
Volume 9,
Number 2, February, 1999
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Privacy-
The Internet and beyond,
Government Computer,
Volume 9, Number
1,
January, 1999
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Individuals
over institutions,
Government Computer, Volume 8, Number 10,
November-December, 1998
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Keeping
the Internet free,
Government Computer, Volume 8, Number 9,
October, 1998
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Digital
Signatures and PKI, Government Computer, Volume 8, Number
8, September, 1998
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Privacy
and the Net,
Government Computer,
Volume 8, Number 7, July,
1998
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Leadership
in a High Tech World,
Government Computer,
Volume 8, Number
6, June, 1998
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Internet:
Giving Fire to the People,
Government Computer,
Volume 8, Number
5, May, 1998
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Privacy
Initiatives,
Government Computer,
Volume 8, Number 3, March,
1998
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Bringing
Order From Chaos -- Information Managers Need Higher Profile , Government Computer,
Volume 8, Number 2, February, 1998
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Society
Caught in the Web , Government Computer, Volume 8, Number
1, January, 1998
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Privacy
in the Digital Age: New Issues for Changing Times, also published in
Electronic Information Partnerships,
Volume 5, Number 1, January
- March, 1997
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Books
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Living
in the Electronic Village:
The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE V, Thomas B. Riley, July, 1998
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE IV,
Thomas B. Riley, November, 1997
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World -PHASE III,
Thomas B. Riley, September,
1996
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Privacy
In The Information Age -- A Handbook for Government and Industry
Professionals,
Robert Gillis & Thomas B. Riley, 1996
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology in
a Changing World - PHASE
II,
Thomas B. Riley, May, 1995
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Living
in the Electronic Village: The Impact Of Information Technology
in a Changing World - PHASE I, Thomas B. Riley, December, 1993
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