The participation of citizens in governments' decision-making is gaining more and more attention with the emergence and the availability of information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, it is still necessary to seek the most effective means to implement this activity in a way and a time that gives the citizens the opportunity to have a real influence on the decisions being made. This paper proposes a multidimensional analysis framework to better understand citizens' participation in a decision-making perspective. The objective of this framework is to provide a methodological approach for the collection, processing and analysis of information provided by citizens during an electronic citizens participation activity.
{"title":"A Multidimensional Analysis Approach For Electronic Citizens Participation","authors":"Abdelhamid Boudjelida, Sehl Mellouli","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912195","url":null,"abstract":"The participation of citizens in governments' decision-making is gaining more and more attention with the emergence and the availability of information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, it is still necessary to seek the most effective means to implement this activity in a way and a time that gives the citizens the opportunity to have a real influence on the decisions being made. This paper proposes a multidimensional analysis framework to better understand citizens' participation in a decision-making perspective. The objective of this framework is to provide a methodological approach for the collection, processing and analysis of information provided by citizens during an electronic citizens participation activity.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127977477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Session details: Open Government, Open Data and Collaboration (I)","authors":"M. Janssen, R. Lourenço, V. Weerakkody","doi":"10.1145/3254101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3254101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126091996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Transparency has become a critical issue in the context of the adoption of new technologies in the public sector. In particular, the disclosure of financial information represents a key modality of transparency in which governments have the opportunity to improve their relationship with citizens and harness civic participation by reporting patrimonial aspects of public entities, budgetary execution of public operations, and other specific financial information, tools and policies. This research contributes to the literature on governmental financial disclosure by proposing a scoring system and evaluating its measurements using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The scoring system applies a content analysis of government financial information available on official municipal governments' websites in Mexico. The EFA identifies the different dimensions of financial transparency. An overview of the e-democracy process was conducted to frame the relation between accountability and the role of new technologies in the context of disclosure of government financial information. The results of this study help to identify three dimensions of financial transparency: (1) patrimonial information, (2) budgetary execution, and (3) other specific transparency information, tools and policies. The analysis also provides evidence that population size and metropolitan character of municipalities matter for a better practice of financial transparency. Other findings are also presented.
{"title":"Financial Transparency in Mexican Municipalities: An Empirical Research","authors":"G. Cid, M. Bolívar","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912169","url":null,"abstract":"Transparency has become a critical issue in the context of the adoption of new technologies in the public sector. In particular, the disclosure of financial information represents a key modality of transparency in which governments have the opportunity to improve their relationship with citizens and harness civic participation by reporting patrimonial aspects of public entities, budgetary execution of public operations, and other specific financial information, tools and policies. This research contributes to the literature on governmental financial disclosure by proposing a scoring system and evaluating its measurements using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The scoring system applies a content analysis of government financial information available on official municipal governments' websites in Mexico. The EFA identifies the different dimensions of financial transparency. An overview of the e-democracy process was conducted to frame the relation between accountability and the role of new technologies in the context of disclosure of government financial information. The results of this study help to identify three dimensions of financial transparency: (1) patrimonial information, (2) budgetary execution, and (3) other specific transparency information, tools and policies. The analysis also provides evidence that population size and metropolitan character of municipalities matter for a better practice of financial transparency. Other findings are also presented.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114138599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Governments are moving toward developing crowdsourcing communities that facilitate ideas for public policies from a large "crowd." Although this concept is promising, little is known about individuals' actions and behaviors when generating ideas within online communities in a public policy consultation setting. Previous research has shown that online crowdsourcing can generate innovation because of the interactive and diverse nature of the Internet. Building on existing theories and empirical findings, we suggest that the likelihood of proposing valuable ideas within an online community is positively correlated with boundary-spanning activities and feedback received. The Open Government Dialogue, which is an early consultation platform for the open government initiative, is used as an empirical case in which contributors conducted boundary-spanning activities and posted ideas that the government found valuable to include in the policy agenda. However, the amount of feedback and attention received from other members of the community do not show significant effects on the likelihood that a contributor proposes valuable ideas. Furthermore, for repeat contributors, the likelihood of proposing valuable ideas to the government consultation is positively related to prior success but negatively related to the number of ideas posted. Such findings provide implications for public administrators to understand how to design a public consultation platform that encourages contributors to generate usable and valuable ideas and avoids exploitation from people who seek to use the platform for personal gain.
{"title":"An Analysis of the Social Process in Ideas Generation for Public Policies","authors":"Helen K. Liu","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912198","url":null,"abstract":"Governments are moving toward developing crowdsourcing communities that facilitate ideas for public policies from a large \"crowd.\" Although this concept is promising, little is known about individuals' actions and behaviors when generating ideas within online communities in a public policy consultation setting. Previous research has shown that online crowdsourcing can generate innovation because of the interactive and diverse nature of the Internet. Building on existing theories and empirical findings, we suggest that the likelihood of proposing valuable ideas within an online community is positively correlated with boundary-spanning activities and feedback received. The Open Government Dialogue, which is an early consultation platform for the open government initiative, is used as an empirical case in which contributors conducted boundary-spanning activities and posted ideas that the government found valuable to include in the policy agenda. However, the amount of feedback and attention received from other members of the community do not show significant effects on the likelihood that a contributor proposes valuable ideas. Furthermore, for repeat contributors, the likelihood of proposing valuable ideas to the government consultation is positively related to prior success but negatively related to the number of ideas posted. Such findings provide implications for public administrators to understand how to design a public consultation platform that encourages contributors to generate usable and valuable ideas and avoids exploitation from people who seek to use the platform for personal gain.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125690393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Session details: Panels","authors":"T. Harrison, Feng Gao","doi":"10.1145/3254116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3254116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132116858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The library is an important application domain of government open linked data. The value of linked data lies in discovering more semantically related information by RDF links. Ontology is a key technology by providing a source of shared and precisely defined terms that can be used in descriptions of resources. Reasoning over such descriptions will be essential if resources are to be more accessible to automated process. For utilizing ontology reasoning on Link discovery of library linked data, in this paper, a Link discovery framework is proposed and its workflow is introduced. Taking library domain for example, we showcase the value of framework in knowledge discovery and the result can be applied to open the digital government resources.
{"title":"Linkage Discovery of Linked Data Based on Ontology Reasoning","authors":"Jun Zhai, Yiduo Liang, Lufei Huang","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912230","url":null,"abstract":"The library is an important application domain of government open linked data. The value of linked data lies in discovering more semantically related information by RDF links. Ontology is a key technology by providing a source of shared and precisely defined terms that can be used in descriptions of resources. Reasoning over such descriptions will be essential if resources are to be more accessible to automated process. For utilizing ontology reasoning on Link discovery of library linked data, in this paper, a Link discovery framework is proposed and its workflow is introduced. Taking library domain for example, we showcase the value of framework in knowledge discovery and the result can be applied to open the digital government resources.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134520070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
More and more cities in China are implementing various open government data initiatives for improving their governance. Little research, however, has been done in evaluating the readiness of individual governments in pursuing such initiatives. This paper presents a case study of the readiness assessment on the adoption of open data programs in Shenzhen based on the open data readiness assessment framework of the World Bank. The result shows that there are several issues including developing an action plan, providing privacy and ownership solutions, designating a unified administration, and implementing consistent data management policies and standards that need to be adequately addressed for the effective adoption of the open data program in the city.
{"title":"Readiness Assessment of Open Government Data Programs: A Case of Shenzhen","authors":"Yanhua Hu, X. Bai, Shuyang Sun","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912179","url":null,"abstract":"More and more cities in China are implementing various open government data initiatives for improving their governance. Little research, however, has been done in evaluating the readiness of individual governments in pursuing such initiatives. This paper presents a case study of the readiness assessment on the adoption of open data programs in Shenzhen based on the open data readiness assessment framework of the World Bank. The result shows that there are several issues including developing an action plan, providing privacy and ownership solutions, designating a unified administration, and implementing consistent data management policies and standards that need to be adequately addressed for the effective adoption of the open data program in the city.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116765216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This management paper presents a look at the challenges that local and state governments face when trying to access and use property and property owner data to inform their programs and policies. An example from New York State illuminates the issues associated with the collection, management, sharing, and use of this type of administrative data, typically collected within the local jurisdiction. This management paper presents how data quality and the capability to share are significant challenges for many government agencies as they try to obtain access and use this highly sought data to inform their programs in tax and finance, economic development, code enforcement. This paper details the data access and use challenges they face, and sets forth a small set of recommendations for moving ahead in leveraging property and property owner data. Finally, this paper offers recommendations for action so that government leaders can continue to leverage property and owner data in essential policies and critical programs.
{"title":"Challenges and Recommendations in Leveraging Property and Property Owner Data to Inform Government Programs","authors":"Meghan E. Cook, Megan K. Sutherland","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912214","url":null,"abstract":"This management paper presents a look at the challenges that local and state governments face when trying to access and use property and property owner data to inform their programs and policies. An example from New York State illuminates the issues associated with the collection, management, sharing, and use of this type of administrative data, typically collected within the local jurisdiction. This management paper presents how data quality and the capability to share are significant challenges for many government agencies as they try to obtain access and use this highly sought data to inform their programs in tax and finance, economic development, code enforcement. This paper details the data access and use challenges they face, and sets forth a small set of recommendations for moving ahead in leveraging property and property owner data. Finally, this paper offers recommendations for action so that government leaders can continue to leverage property and owner data in essential policies and critical programs.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115468665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Session details: Open Government, Open Data and Collaboration (III)","authors":"M. Janssen, R. Lourenço, V. Weerakkody","doi":"10.1145/3254112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3254112","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129704941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article examines the concept of e-governance by conducting an empirical study of Hong Kong, one of the highly-ranked global performers in e-government. E-governance, as a more advanced stage of e-government, places a strong emphasis on public participation. While ICT is heavily adopted for other functions of e-government in Hong Kong, there is little adoption in the purpose of e-governance. The study findings on Hong Kong show, due to the influence of political context, governments in a non-democratic setting can focus mainly on efficiency purposes in developing e-government without enhancing public participation - the essence of e-governance. This leads to the more fundamental and important questions on the limit of impact of ICT on institutional change in the public sector and whether a natural evolution from e-government to e-governance does exist.
{"title":"Political Context and the Adoption of ICT: Measuring (the Absence of) E-governance in Hong Kong","authors":"Wong Wilson Wai-ho","doi":"10.1145/2912160.2912202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2912160.2912202","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the concept of e-governance by conducting an empirical study of Hong Kong, one of the highly-ranked global performers in e-government. E-governance, as a more advanced stage of e-government, places a strong emphasis on public participation. While ICT is heavily adopted for other functions of e-government in Hong Kong, there is little adoption in the purpose of e-governance. The study findings on Hong Kong show, due to the influence of political context, governments in a non-democratic setting can focus mainly on efficiency purposes in developing e-government without enhancing public participation - the essence of e-governance. This leads to the more fundamental and important questions on the limit of impact of ICT on institutional change in the public sector and whether a natural evolution from e-government to e-governance does exist.","PeriodicalId":270321,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121655892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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