Increased citizen-to-citizen discussion and deliberation is an important potential of digital government initiatives. This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study of such outcomes using household survey data, focus groups and one-on-one interviews from a mature community network the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) in Blacksburg, Virginia, and surrounding Montgomery County. It addr...

We use the term “Personal Safety Assistants” (PSAs) to refer to a family of mobile information systems that intend to reduce the risks of both citizens and responders in emergency responses. Using their mobile devices, they can access to personalized views of the emergency plans including context-aware evacuation instructions or real time guidance to specific locations for rescue operations, am...

Despite the immense popularity and potency of electronic government, it is remain uncharted in many countries regarding proper implementation at the local government level. However, technology possess the prospect of improvement in the way government works, and make better interactions with their citizens. National governments are trying to realize this potential by finding ways to implement no...

County Government Information Portal Using ArcIMS Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Michael Shean, Eric Weller Public access to county government information has traditionally required citizens to visit multiple locations. This process can often be time consuming for both the public and government staff, who must respond to their inquiries. However, Internet portals are now being suc...

This paper discusses E-government, in particular the challenges that face its development and widespread adoption in Saudi Arabia. E-government can be defined based on an existing set of requirements. E-government has been implemented for a considerable time in developed countries. However, E-government services still face many challenges in their implementation and general adoption in Saudi Ar...

Implementing and developing electronic government is the necessity of current era. In this situation, developing countries are increasingly trying to implement electronic government. This depends heavily on accepting the by the various public. Thus, the main aim of this research is to investigate the most important damages of accepting electronic government by the citizens. The population of th...

The Global Affairs Institute (GAI) of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs was created in 1993 to integrate and focus the School’s research, training, and service activities in areas of international studies. GAI builds upon the Maxwell School tradition of producing a community of citizens, broadly schooled and skilled, whose signature is civility and civic-mindedness on a globa...

Adoption has a key role in a successful implementation of E-government initiatives in the context of developing nations. Until the current times, little research has been done to explore determinant factors of the adoption of E-government services among developing countries citizens. It is pertinent to determine the factors influencing the e-government services adoption and the government shoul...

FarolApp is a mobile web application that aims to increase the awareness of light pollution by generating illustrative maps for cities and by encouraging citizens and public administrations to provide street light information in an ubiquitous and interactive way using online street views. In addition to the maps, FarolApp builds on existing sources to generate and provide up-to-date data by cro...

State cooperation with international institutions requires support from subnational constituencies. We argue that citizens often approve of abstract, foreign actions by institutions, yet disapprove of specific, local actions. We argue this aversion is greatest for citizens in closest “proximity” to institutional actions. We assess these arguments with a survey experiment about the International...