eGovernment initiatives are expanding exponentially in all levels of the public service. This workshop is a must to understand the full scope of what eGovernment is and to assess the role that technologies such as GIS need to play. The workshop will detail strategic and organizational approaches towards evolving to an eGovernment environment, and variations in the eGovernment models, its core components and its challenges.
Specific topics include:
- eGovernment models, challenges and implementation planning;
- eGovernment portal architecture and best practices (sample winning sites);
- The policy issues including freedom of information vs protection of privacy and data ownership/data distribution variables (e.g. free or fee);
- The technology family associated with eGov and the need for a standards approach; and
- Case studies ? real world examples of eGovernment from three levels of government: Geospatial One Stop (federal); Washington State (number 1 ranking); and a local government example.
Intended Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers and operational personnel responsible for one or more aspects of electronic service delivery (existing or planned) in their organization.
