Vol 3, No 2 (2011)

This issue is based on the special call "Open Government and open information". Guest Editors: Olivier Glassey (Lausanne); Theresa Pardo (New York), Efthimios Tambouris (Macedonia).

The special issue covers topics such as the transformation of governments and politics through Open Government, public policies for open information and collaboration, the changing relation between the citizen and the state, the challenges, hurdles and risks of Open Data and open information, governmentality, data privacy and security.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial PDF
Olivier Glassey, Theresa Pardo, Efthimios Tambouris iv-vi

Special Issue

On the fabrication of sausages, or of Open Government and Private Data PDF
Bart van der Sloot 136-151
Why some governments are ‘less’ open: Sketching out Models of Information Management PDF
Mary Francoli 152-165
The two door Perspective: An assessment framework for Open Government PDF
Rodrigo Sandoval 166-181
“Open”: the changing relation between citizens, public administration, and political authority PDF
Ursula Maier-Rabler, Stefan Huber 182-191
Internal Security Institutions Meeting Internet Governance. A comparative view on the UK and Germany PDF
Jasmin Röllgen, Mathias Bug 192-206

Project Descriptions

Politician2.0 on Facebook: Information Behavior and Dissemination on Social Networking Sites – Gaps and Best-Practice. Evaluation Results of a novel eParticipation toolbox to let politicians engage with citizens online. PDF
Timo Wandhoefer, Mark Thamm, Somya Joshi 207-215


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