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A digital ID will only work if people are allowed to keep control of their data.
E-government involves using the internet to streamline interaction between government agencies and the public.
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The Minister for Government Services has announced a two-year roadmap to supposedly propel e-government. But the plans, part of a larger strategy, are considerably lacking substance.
Different approaches to e-governance could bear fruit for African countries.
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African countries’ adoption of e-government platforms hasn’t served the majority of their citizens.
There is a great appetite for digital connectivity among people in remote communities.
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It’s the people most dependent on social services, who are least able to easily transition into the digital age.
Mukhar in Lebanon help citizens navigate the complex administration system.
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One way of improving e-government usage could be for the Lebanese government to work better the locally elected agent.
How can we ensure technology brings prosperity to us all?
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Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during the India-UK Tech Summit in New Delhi. November 2016.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows how to use social media in politics. But the rest of his government? Not so much.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev (here in 2012) used to his best interest technology in an attempt to shut down any political uprising.
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Forget old-school state propaganda. Kazakhstan’s government has reinvented itself through social media.
Protesters post a hashtag to social media together to make it trend as they denounce policies of President Donald Trump at the Not My President’s Day Rally in Los Angeles, California February 20, 2017.
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Can social media create opportunities to identify and challenge government pitfalls and problematic policies?
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The GDS has built the foundations of digital government, but they’re being undermined.
The digital economy means people are no longer passive consumers.
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The digital economy is also an economy of people first, something governments of the future will need to adjust to.
Tallinn might be a medieval town, but it’s governed via 21st century means.
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Since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Estonia has leapt ahead in the adoption of digital technology. Australia could learn a lot from Estonia in terms of e-government.