From e-Government to e-Voting to e-Democracy to e-Governance

Dr. Julia Glidden19 May 2005

From e-Government to e-Democracy

● First point: one stop shop

● Sheffield.net: online payment, bookings, forms

● Public Data kiosks -free email

● eDemocracy projects

– electronic voting– mock elections in schools– authentication research (eTen project)

● Smart|Sheffield card roll out● Mobile technology for councillors

In the Beginning......

e-Information = e-Government

Where we Are....e-Government

e-Information + e-Transactions = e-Government

-150% -50% 50% 150% 250% 350%

Internet

Phone

Face to face

Other electronic media

Paper

All

Where we Are... e-Government

In the Beginning...

e-Voting = e-Democracy

e-Voting: From the Internet

To Multi-To Multi-Platforms

Where we Are... e-Democracy

e-Voting + e-Participation = e-Democracy

From e-Voting to e-Participation

From e-Voting to e-Participation

Students at City School Sheffield Participate in Interactive, e-Consultatoin

and Vote on |Local Issues

• e-Democracy Objectives – Use IT to reengage citizens and

government– Deliver information via creative,

interative formats– Deploy wireless technologies to

broaden reach

From-E-Voting to e-Participation

• Interactive online consultation / voting 14-18 year olds

• Four Sheffield schools

• Smartcards authenticate students

• 3 issues: banning smoking, local facilities and their representatives

From-E-Voting to e-Participation

From e-Participation to e-Governance

● National project (Nomad) 2004● Bringing councillors closer to citizens● 28 councillors given PDAs● PDAs record citizen queries and issue receipt● Citizens can track progress on a web site● e-Enabled remote meetings: real-time eVoting

From e-Democracy to e-Government -- The Virtuous Circle

Access

Skills Services

e-culture

e-culture

e-cu

lture

e-c

ultu

re

e-Forms

e-Access

e-Voting

e-Citizene-Participation

e-Inclusion

e-Commerce

iDTV Kiosk

Internet Mobile Telephone

Nation-Wide Engagement

Joined-up Government Services