1While progress in the development of e-Participation platforms has been significant and the emergence of new Social Media-driven platforms appears to bring significant (by quantity), citizen engagement, litle attention has been paid by researchers to the limitations of the pervasive textual communication for political participation. In this paper, we describe the major sociotechnical challenges of classic e-Participation solutions and how the emerging next-gen Virtual Reality (VR) technologies can be leveraged to alleviate some of the issues identified.
{"title":"VR-Participation: On the feasibility of next-gen Virtual Reality technologies as Participation channel","authors":"Lukasz Porwol, A. Ojo","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085261","url":null,"abstract":"1While progress in the development of e-Participation platforms has been significant and the emergence of new Social Media-driven platforms appears to bring significant (by quantity), citizen engagement, litle attention has been paid by researchers to the limitations of the pervasive textual communication for political participation. In this paper, we describe the major sociotechnical challenges of classic e-Participation solutions and how the emerging next-gen Virtual Reality (VR) technologies can be leveraged to alleviate some of the issues identified.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127344242","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 exploratory interpretive case study investigated the collaborative potential of open government data available through data.gov, the US federal open data catalog. Open data is a central aspect of open government collaboration because it fosters exchange and communication between governments and the public. Government organizations that release open data make choices about file formats that have a substantial impact on the potential for collaboration. A file format, such as a document or a spreadsheet, is a constraint on which programs can read the file and what actions a user can do with the file. Overall, we found data.gov formats with limited collaboration potential but files that could be accessed by people with a wide range of skills. The findings are incorporated into suggestions for future iterations of open data policy. The advantages and limitations of using file formats for open data research are considered. The exploratory findings raise questions about future user-centric open data evaluations.
{"title":"Open Government Data and File Formats: Constraints on Collaboration","authors":"A. Washington, David Morar","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085232","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory interpretive case study investigated the collaborative potential of open government data available through data.gov, the US federal open data catalog. Open data is a central aspect of open government collaboration because it fosters exchange and communication between governments and the public. Government organizations that release open data make choices about file formats that have a substantial impact on the potential for collaboration. A file format, such as a document or a spreadsheet, is a constraint on which programs can read the file and what actions a user can do with the file. Overall, we found data.gov formats with limited collaboration potential but files that could be accessed by people with a wide range of skills. The findings are incorporated into suggestions for future iterations of open data policy. The advantages and limitations of using file formats for open data research are considered. The exploratory findings raise questions about future user-centric open data evaluations.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123702577","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}
Edobor Osagie, Mohammad Waqar, S. Adebayo, Arkadiusz Stasiewicz, Lukasz Porwol, A. Ojo
1 Despite the rapid proliferation of open data platforms, the accessibility and ease of use of data portals is low. This factor prevents citizens and civil society organizations from exploiting open data for their goals. The poor usability of current generation of open data platforms could be attributed to the fact that these platforms were not designed for non-technical users. They are typically software products developed "by programmers for programmers or technical users". Consequently, while reports about innovative use of open data by software developers and start-ups are common, there are very few reports about successful public use of open data to tackle concrete societal challenges. This paper provides the results and lessons learnt from the usability evaluation of the second alpha release of a next generation open data platform designed explicitly to support non-technical users. A scenario involving a transportation challenge in Dublin City was employed as the context for the evaluation of the platform. Findings provide some empirical basis for identifying important user interface design considerations, patterns for highly usable open data platforms and considerations for open data policy.
{"title":"Usability Evaluation of an Open Data Platform","authors":"Edobor Osagie, Mohammad Waqar, S. Adebayo, Arkadiusz Stasiewicz, Lukasz Porwol, A. Ojo","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085315","url":null,"abstract":"1 Despite the rapid proliferation of open data platforms, the accessibility and ease of use of data portals is low. This factor prevents citizens and civil society organizations from exploiting open data for their goals. The poor usability of current generation of open data platforms could be attributed to the fact that these platforms were not designed for non-technical users. They are typically software products developed \"by programmers for programmers or technical users\". Consequently, while reports about innovative use of open data by software developers and start-ups are common, there are very few reports about successful public use of open data to tackle concrete societal challenges. This paper provides the results and lessons learnt from the usability evaluation of the second alpha release of a next generation open data platform designed explicitly to support non-technical users. A scenario involving a transportation challenge in Dublin City was employed as the context for the evaluation of the platform. Findings provide some empirical basis for identifying important user interface design considerations, patterns for highly usable open data platforms and considerations for open data policy.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126942521","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}
M. Barcelos, F. Bernardini, A. Barcelos, Guido Vaz Silva
Nowadays, many cities around the world adopted different definitions of Smart Cities. Many organizations proposed collections of indicators for evaluating how smart the cities are. One problem related to applying these indicators is how to compare fairly the cities, considering that they are quite different in some countries or regions, like in Brazil. Therefore, grouping similar cities should be interesting, though there are different methods for grouping them. This work proposes a method for grouping cities based on their financial features, supported by clustering and regression techniques. This work also present an evaluation of the proposed method using real data from cities located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. The results show the feasibility of the method, although obtaining the specifically type of used data is yet a challenge.1
{"title":"City Ranking Based on Financial Flux Indicator Clustering","authors":"M. Barcelos, F. Bernardini, A. Barcelos, Guido Vaz Silva","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085288","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, many cities around the world adopted different definitions of Smart Cities. Many organizations proposed collections of indicators for evaluating how smart the cities are. One problem related to applying these indicators is how to compare fairly the cities, considering that they are quite different in some countries or regions, like in Brazil. Therefore, grouping similar cities should be interesting, though there are different methods for grouping them. This work proposes a method for grouping cities based on their financial features, supported by clustering and regression techniques. This work also present an evaluation of the proposed method using real data from cities located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. The results show the feasibility of the method, although obtaining the specifically type of used data is yet a challenge.1","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128294706","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}
E. Tambouris, E. Kalampokis, M. Janssen, R. Krimmer, K. Tarabanis
The number of open data available for reuse is rapidly increasing. A large number of these data are numerical thus can be easily visualized. Linked open data technology enables easy reuse and linking of data residing in different locations. In this workshop, we will present a number of technologies and tools that are currently under development for visualizing linked open statistical data. We will demonstrate the use of these technologies and tools to visualize open data obtained from various European Union Member States ministries and other organizations. We will also give the workshop participants the opportunity to use these tools thus obtaining a personal experience on their capabilities.
{"title":"Methods and Tools for Publishing and Reusing Linked Open Statistical Data","authors":"E. Tambouris, E. Kalampokis, M. Janssen, R. Krimmer, K. Tarabanis","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085234","url":null,"abstract":"The number of open data available for reuse is rapidly increasing. A large number of these data are numerical thus can be easily visualized. Linked open data technology enables easy reuse and linking of data residing in different locations. In this workshop, we will present a number of technologies and tools that are currently under development for visualizing linked open statistical data. We will demonstrate the use of these technologies and tools to visualize open data obtained from various European Union Member States ministries and other organizations. We will also give the workshop participants the opportunity to use these tools thus obtaining a personal experience on their capabilities.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115966893","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 1unique geographic and political position of Ukraine in relation to Russia and Western Europe offers an interesting case study of open government in a post-Soviet country. This poster will focus on the generation and initial implementation of the first Open Government Plan that Ukraine submitted to the OGP in 2011. We will adapt the open government progress assessment model proposed by Shandoval-Almazan and Gill-Garcia to evaluate the quality of first open government plan in Ukraine. We will also utilize cultural framework proposed by Hofstede to understand why the Ukrainian government's initial attempt at the first plan received a strong backlash. This poster will highlight the timeline, process, and the outcome of the first plan. This poster features the case-study that will provide a glimpse into a post-Soviet government that, in some ways, is still corrupt, but trying to implement democratic initiatives in attempt to look like a modern democracy [6]. Local NGOs help current government to recognize that the "old" ways of governing will not be acceptable as the country is making strides towards open government.
{"title":"Is Ukraine Ready for Open Government?: Poster","authors":"Zakhar Berkovich","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085267","url":null,"abstract":"The 1unique geographic and political position of Ukraine in relation to Russia and Western Europe offers an interesting case study of open government in a post-Soviet country. This poster will focus on the generation and initial implementation of the first Open Government Plan that Ukraine submitted to the OGP in 2011. We will adapt the open government progress assessment model proposed by Shandoval-Almazan and Gill-Garcia to evaluate the quality of first open government plan in Ukraine. We will also utilize cultural framework proposed by Hofstede to understand why the Ukrainian government's initial attempt at the first plan received a strong backlash. This poster will highlight the timeline, process, and the outcome of the first plan. This poster features the case-study that will provide a glimpse into a post-Soviet government that, in some ways, is still corrupt, but trying to implement democratic initiatives in attempt to look like a modern democracy [6]. Local NGOs help current government to recognize that the \"old\" ways of governing will not be acceptable as the country is making strides towards open government.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132982033","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 aimed to identify implications of eParticipation in the public policy cycle. This reflection was supported by a bibliographic study and analysis of the research conducted on eParticipation over the last 10 years. Based on this analysis, we found that although previous studies indicate the need to investigate the citizenry's potential to contribute to the formulation of public policies, few have included the public policy cycle in the context of eParticipation. It has also not yet been explained how the use of platforms changes or transforms the public policy process. There are few developed theories in the field of eParticipation. Thus, given the lack of depth in the literature on this topic and the possibility for achieving empowerment levels and more inclusive levels of participation, there are gaps to be considered in this context. A research agenda is suggested to address these outstanding questions.
{"title":"eParticipation and the policy cycle: Designing a research agenda","authors":"T. R. Coelho, M. A. Cunha, Marlei Pozzebon","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085277","url":null,"abstract":"This article aimed to identify implications of eParticipation in the public policy cycle. This reflection was supported by a bibliographic study and analysis of the research conducted on eParticipation over the last 10 years. Based on this analysis, we found that although previous studies indicate the need to investigate the citizenry's potential to contribute to the formulation of public policies, few have included the public policy cycle in the context of eParticipation. It has also not yet been explained how the use of platforms changes or transforms the public policy process. There are few developed theories in the field of eParticipation. Thus, given the lack of depth in the literature on this topic and the possibility for achieving empowerment levels and more inclusive levels of participation, there are gaps to be considered in this context. A research agenda is suggested to address these outstanding questions.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132583641","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":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","authors":"C. Hinnant, A. Ojo","doi":"10.1145/3085228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128808591","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}
Development of accurate measurement systems to assess digital government advance is a critical topic of digital agenda of academia and governments around the world. There are several quantitative approaches such as rankings and indicators that have contributed to measure the progress of digital government initiatives in the public sector, but more sophisticated computational tools are usually unexploited. This article proposes a computational multi-parametric analysis of multiple metrics of digital government advance using a computational technique, the neural networks, for the analysis of the evolution of digital government ranking of Mexican states during the period 2009-2015. Neural networks analysis has been used in different areas such as scientometric performance profiles, and disciplines like physics, chemistry, management, economics and demography. The neural networks analysis helps to identify clusters of characterizations that represents digital government advance patterns of performance. It also locates various profiles of digital government progress with similar patterns of performance and atypical behaviors (outliers) which are difficult to identify with classical tools. The results of this computational technique are robust showing that artificial intelligence tools are useful instruments to evaluate digital government advance overtime.
{"title":"An artificial intelligence method for digital government assessment: An application of neural networks analysis of a ranking of digital government of Mexican states","authors":"Elio-Atenógenes Villaseñor-García, G. Cid","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085311","url":null,"abstract":"Development of accurate measurement systems to assess digital government advance is a critical topic of digital agenda of academia and governments around the world. There are several quantitative approaches such as rankings and indicators that have contributed to measure the progress of digital government initiatives in the public sector, but more sophisticated computational tools are usually unexploited. This article proposes a computational multi-parametric analysis of multiple metrics of digital government advance using a computational technique, the neural networks, for the analysis of the evolution of digital government ranking of Mexican states during the period 2009-2015. Neural networks analysis has been used in different areas such as scientometric performance profiles, and disciplines like physics, chemistry, management, economics and demography. The neural networks analysis helps to identify clusters of characterizations that represents digital government advance patterns of performance. It also locates various profiles of digital government progress with similar patterns of performance and atypical behaviors (outliers) which are difficult to identify with classical tools. The results of this computational technique are robust showing that artificial intelligence tools are useful instruments to evaluate digital government advance overtime.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115364525","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 panel features researchers from six countries which sufficiently vary in culture, historic and current governance traditions and models, size, economic situation, social capital and geographic location. All their national governments implement OGD policy with certain degrees of success and failure. The panelists will present short reports (up to 10 minutes) explaining the current situation in the country which he/she represents by using ecosystem approach1.
{"title":"Open Government Data Policy and Governance: Applicability of Ecosystem Approach: Comparative Cross-country Analysis: Panel","authors":"Evgeny Styrin","doi":"10.1145/3085228.3085244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3085228.3085244","url":null,"abstract":"This panel features researchers from six countries which sufficiently vary in culture, historic and current governance traditions and models, size, economic situation, social capital and geographic location. All their national governments implement OGD policy with certain degrees of success and failure. The panelists will present short reports (up to 10 minutes) explaining the current situation in the country which he/she represents by using ecosystem approach1.","PeriodicalId":416111,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123476919","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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