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P.S. The themes here connect quite well with my message to the Lithuanian parliament yesterday: http://www.publicus.net/present/misc/ltparliament.ppt Nutshell: Elected official and representative institutions must invest and use information age technologies and strategies or they will both lose power and become increasingly disconnected from citizens. The Table of Contents is below. Download from: http://www.crossingboundaries.ca/site/reports/ktapublication_vol7e.pdf More: http://www.crossingboundaries.ca Crossing Boundaries is pleased to announce the publication of two new papers. The first, entitled "E-Government: The Message to Politicians," aims to work toward a clear vision of e-government that elected representatives at all levels of government can relate to, understand, and support. It is jointly authored by the Crossing Boundaries Political Advisory Committee (PAC), which includes eight elected representatives, along with the Chair of the CBIII project. Members come from all three levels of government, a variety of political parties and different regions of the country. The second, entitled "E-Government: The Municipal Experience," aims at deepening our understanding of e-government at the municipal level. This discussion paper is based on interviews with municipal leaders from across Canada and a discussion of key issues at the Crossing Boundaries Municipal Roundtable, held in Hamilton on June 2, 2002 at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual General Meeting. TOC: Executive Summary 1. Introduction 1.1 What is e-government? 1.2 The political challenge of Crossing Boundaries 1.3 Four questions that framed our search for the political perspective 2. How should the story of e-government be told to make it relevant and engaging for politicians? 3. Why do we need to involve politicians in the e-government discussion? 3.1 Why does the e-government movement need politicians? 3.2 Why do politicians need the e-government movement? 4. What issues must politicians address if the agenda is to move forward? 4.1 Seamless government and the challenge of policy integration 4.2 Avoiding information overload 4.3 Enhancing transparency and accountability 4.4 Promoting public consultation and debate 5. What strategies are available to involve politicians in e-government in a meaningful, productive and rewarding way? 5.1 A new horizontal committee system? 5.2 Getting politicians back into the democracy game 5.3 A pilot project by the Political Advisory Committee 6. Conclusion *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
