Governments across the world have recognised the potential of new information
and communication technologies (ICTs) to bring about fundamental renewal in
not only government and public sector processes, but also their relationship
with civil societal groups, the private sector, citizens, and various other
actors. ICT provides enormous opportunities to increase efficiency and
effectiveness in all kinds of policy sectors, and promises a real dialogue
between policy makers and the public.
This second edition of the prescient and influential work first published in
2001 includes updated texts of several chapters from the earlier edition as
well as various chapters, among them a number of country reports written for
the e-government session of the of the 17th World Congress of Comparative Law.
In addition to visions of the concept of electronic government, it provides
examples of already active electronic governance by including various chapters
on developments in the United States (both federal and state), the United
Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands. It draws
valuable lessons (cross-national, between policy sectors and across
administrations) from the design of electronic government and from evaluations
of electronic government in practice.
Aspects of e-government covered in the second edition include the following:
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government initiatives such as e-publication, online filing (including
e-procurement and courts e-filing );
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e-democracy features such as e-voting, e-participation, e-consultation and
e-petitioning;
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benefits of government use of such expanding technologies as global
positioning systems, smartcards, and biometrics; and
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benefits to citizens services such as social security and services in the
health care sector;
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applications to the judicial system and law enforcement;
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differences between developments and policy initiatives in various countries
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obstacles and dilemmas touching upon security, surveillance, identity fraud,
liability, intellectual property, free access, national security, equality,
and privacy.
Especially in its close attention to the interaction between legal, practical,
public administration and ethical obstacles and dilemmas, Designing E-
Government, Second Edition is of enormous value to practitioners,
officials, and policymakers concerned with the legal implications related to
the design and implementation of e-government, and with the present and future
challenges of this endeavour.
1. Electronic Government: Variations on a Concept
Corien Prins
2. Broadening the Concept of Electronic Government
Klaus Lenk,
Roland Traunmüller 3. Voluntary Organisations in the
Democratic Polity: Examining Web-enabled ‘Public Spaces
’ Dr. Eleanor
Burt, Professor John Taylor 4. Contextual issues surrounding
portable and interactive technologies within the contemporary and future
environment of e-government and informatisation
Dr. Christopher Theunissen
5. e-Government in the United States
John C. Reitz 6.
Electronic Government in the US: a CITIZEN-Centric Approach?
Koen Zweers
7. The Development of Canadian Law with respect to E-government
Pierre Trudel 8. e-Governance in the United Kingdom
Burkhard
Schafer 9. e-Government in Germany
Dr. Thomas Fetzer 10.
The Italian e-government experience: setting up the ICT infrastructure and
regulating central and local action
Silvio Salza 11.
e-Government in Denmark
Peter Blume, Hans Christian Spies 12.
The status of e-government in the Netherlands
Simone van der Hof 13.
National Perspectives on e-government and Required Regulatory Change
Corien Prins
