GOVERNMENT MAKING: REBUILDING GOVERNMENT SCIENCE

Making science count in government

Science is an essential component of policy-making in most areas of government, but the scientific community does not always understand its role in this process.

Government 2.0: Making connections between citizens, data and government

The revolution in information and communication technologies (ICT) has been changing not only the daily lives of people but also the interactions between governments and citizens. The digital government or electronic government (e-government) has started as a new form of public organization that supports and redefines the existing and new information, communication and transaction-related inter...

Making Sense of Open Government Data

Data.gov, a major distributor of raw US government data, has published thousands of raw datasets on the Web for public access. While these datasets provide useful information, their potential has not yet been fully realized due at least partially to a number of usability-related issues. In this work, we investigate ways to make sense of existing open government data using semantic web technolog...

Asbestos panelists accuse government of misusing science.

Ubiquitous Government and Electronic Government

The advancement of information and communications technology (ICT) has revolutionized the way governments deliver public services, thereby fostering the development of egovernment in general and attracting increasing interests in ubiquitous government. While egovernment encourages online services which can substitute or complement conventional offline services, the presence of digital divide ca...