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Proceedings of

The 6th European Conference on e-Government

held at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

27-28 April 2006

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page
Preface		vi
Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs		ix
Biographies of contributing authors		x
e-Government in Developing World: The Demand Side	Mohammad Shakil Akther, Takashi Onishi and Tetsuo Kidokoro Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan	1
e-Democracy: Can Blogs and Wikis Enhance the Participation of Gen Y in the Democratic Process?	Jenny Backhouse School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Canberra, Australia	11
Government by Wire: Decentralization, (R) e-location and Technology	Frank Bannister Trinity College, Dublin	21
Experiences with Video Streaming of Norwegian Local Government Meetings	Lasse Berntzen Vestfold University College, Tønsberg, Norway	31
e-Citizenship and its Privacy Protection Issues	Christopher Carlson IWF Wissen und Medien gGmbH, Göttingen, Germany	39
Networks of SLGOs: From Systems Interoperability to Organizational Co-Operability	Walter Castelnovo¹ and Massimo Simonettay² ¹Università dell’Insubria, Como, Italy; ²Ancitel Lombardia, Monzese, Italy	47
The Italian e-Government Plans: Experiences in the Job Marketplace and in Statistical Information Systems	Mirko Cesarini¹, Mariagrazia Fugini¹, Piercarlo Maggiolini², Krysnaia Nanini¹ and Mario Mezzanzanica³ ¹Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics and Information; ²Department of Management Engineering, Milan, Italy; ³Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Department of Statistics, Milan, Italy	57
The use of Information Technology Modelling Interorganizational Collaborations on e-Government	Lin, Chia-Cheng¹ and Chiang, Lichun² ¹Department of Sociology, Soochow University, Taipei Taiwan; ²Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tianan Taiwan	67
Success Factors of Geneva’s e-Voting System	Michel Chevallier, Michel Warynski and Alain Sandoz State Chancery, Republic and Canton of Geneva	77
Multidimensional Approach for e-Government Accomplishment	Flavio Corradini, Alberto Polzonetti, Oliviero Riganelli, Andrea Vallorani and Gabriele Vitali University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, Italy	87
e-Government in an Open Access World	Martin De Saulles University of Brighton, UK	97
The Interoperability Strategy for e-Government	Lynne Dunckley and David Shepherd Institute for IT, Thames Valley University, London, UK	103
Comparing e-Citizenship Development in Spanish and European Cities	José Esteves and Marie Jose Garot Instituto de Empresa Business School, Madrid, Spain	113
e-Justice in Belgium: Experiences and Challenges	Alea Fairchild, Bruno de Vuyst and Yafit Azran Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium	121
Developing Commitment for Horizontal G2G Integration: A Stakeholder Governance Approach	Leif Skiftenes Flak and Stig Nordheim Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway	131
Model-based User-Interface Management for Public Services	Jörn Freiheit¹ and Fabrice A. Zangl² ¹Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany; ²DFKI, Institute for Information Systems, Saarbrücken, Germany	141
Bureaucracy is Going to its end. Up to Electrocracy!	Jean-Gabriel Ganascia University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France	153
Country Government Model	Karl Gangle Glen Ellyn, USA	161
Towards the Definition of an e-Government Benchmarking Status Methodology	Panagiotis Germanakos, Eleni Christodoulou and George Samaras Computer Science Department, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus	179
Using SMS Texting to Encourage Democratic Participation by Youth Citizens: The Issues Experienced by an Electronic Consultation Project in one English Local Authority.	David Griffin, Philippa Trevorrow and Edward Halpin, Leeds Metropolitan University. School of Information Management, UK	189
Transparency Aspects of e-Government Implementation	Kerstin Grundén University of Trollhättan, Uddevalla,	197
How to Manage and Control e-Government	Ute Hansen Bovenau, Germany	205
Electronic Procurement (e-Procurement) Implementation Issues In the Selangor Local Government	Rugayah Hashim University Technology Mara, Selangor, Malaysia	215
From Application to Service Portfolio Management: Concepts and Practice	Marijn Janssen and Ralph Feenstra Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	225
A Secure PKI Enabled National e-Government Infrastructure: The SYZEFXIS Case	D. Kefallinos¹, M. A. Lambrou² and E. D. Sykas1 ¹National Technical University of Athens, Greece; ²University of the Aegean, Business School, Greece	235
Challenging the Effectiveness of Information Technology Strategies in Iran’s Public Sector – A Case Study	Mussa Khalesi-Zadeh, Araz Feyzi and Adel Feiz Industrial Engineering Dept, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran	243
e-Voting in the UK: A work in progress	Mark Liptrott Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, UK	253
A Framework for Implementing Provincial and Municipal e-Government Systems in South Africa: A Case of Ratlou Municipality.	Nehemiah Mavetera, Oatlhotse Sylvester and Trevor Lemme North West University, Mafikeng, South Africa	261
Business Intelligence in a Revenue Environment	Pat Molan and Michael Gladney Revenue Commissioners, Limerick, Ireland	271
Strategic Options for Pan-European e-Government Interoperability	Libor Neumann ANECT a.s. Prague, Czech Republic	283
e-Gov and the EU	Paul Nixon and Rajash Rawal HEBO Haagse Hogeschool, Den Haag, Netherlands	295
Electronic Voting: Lessons and Guide for Developing Countries	Adegboyega Ojo¹, Adetunji Adeshina² and Charles Ayo³ 1United Nations University-, Macao SAR, China; ²Independent National Electoral Commission, FCT Abuja, Nigeria; ³Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria	303
The Problems of IT Enabled Administration in a Traditionally Oriented (?) Civil Service: Public Offices in Turkey	Mustafa Kemal Öktem Department of Public Administration, Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey	313
Process Engineering Towards e-Government – Modelling Process Variety and Best Practice	Sebastian Olbrich¹and Carlo Simon² ¹Philipps University at Marburg, Marburg, Germany; ²University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany,	321
The e-Public Sector as an Active Partner in the Innovation System	David Osimo, Lajos Nyiri, Annaflavia Bianchi and Clara Centeno Institute for Perspective Technological Studies, European Commission, Spain	333
Enhancing the Implementation of e-Government in Indonesia Through the High-Quality of Virtual Community and Knowledge Portal	Aryo Pamoragung¹, Kadarsah Suryadiand¹ and Muhammad Ali Ramdhani² ¹Industrial Engineering Department, Institute Technology Bandung, Indonesia; ²Industrial Engineering Department, Sekolah Tinggi Technology Garut, Indonesia	341
Virtual Environments for Citizen Participation: Principal Bases for Design	Pedro Prieto Martin Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	349
On the e-Governance Potential of Transition Countries	Mysore Ramaswamy¹ and Audrey Selian² ¹Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; ²International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland	359
Does Cyber Terrorism Challenge e-Government Progress?	Rajash Rawal and Paul Nixon The Hague University, The Netherlands	367
e-Voting in Brazil – Exacerbating Alienation and the Digital Divide	José Rodrigues-Filho¹ and Natanael Pereira Gomes² ¹Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil; ²Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil	377
Assessing and Steering Mobile e-Government Options: Findings and Indication Proposals	Pierre Rossel, Matthias Finger and Gianluca Misuraca Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland	385
Public Sector Reforms and the Role of Technology: Experience of a Philippine City	Sheila Siar Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippines	391
Circle of Trust for Identity Management e-Government Infrastructure	Kamelia Stefanova, Dorina Kabakchieva, and Kamen Spassov Center for Information Society Technologies, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria	401
On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e-Consultation	Simon Stephens¹, Paul McCusker1, Anne Marie Logue¹ and David O’Donnell² ¹Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Donegal County, Ireland; ²Intellectual Capital Research Institute of Ireland, Limerick County, Ireland	411
How Irish Political Actors Behave Online	Maria Laura Sudulich Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.	421
Defining e-Government as Rules for Social Action	Tim Turner University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Forces Academy, Australia	431
Evaluation of Implementation of MPCC and Telecentres in South African Rural Areas	Ntombovuyo Wayi North West University, Mafikeng, South Africa	441
Scoring Framework Measuring Electronic Public Services Extended	Bastiaan Zuiderhoek and Rik Bos Business Informatics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands	449
Framework for Dutch Municipalities to Ensure Business IT Alignment Using Enterprise Architecture	Bastiaan Zuiderhoek¹, Arjan Otter², Rik Bos¹ and Sjaak Brinkkemper¹ ¹Utrecht University, The Netherlands; ²Conclusion ICT Projects, Utrecht, The Netherlands	457
A Note on the Socratic Dialogue	Dan Remenyi Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland	467