How E-gov is Changing Society

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has posted a new edition of its USA Services Intergovernmental Newsletter with an e-government theme.

How E-Government is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy, the Fall 2007 issue, presents 47 pages of articles on the topic, including:

• MAPLight.org: Shining a Light on Money and Politics, by Dan Newman (who was a speaker for our Mashups and Re-mixes program at SLA/Denver 2007)
• Stimulating Citizen Engagement in Government: Hampton, Virginia, by Charles N. Sapp and John Eagle
• Australia's Principles for ICT-Enabled Citizen Engagement
• Generational E-Democracy in Maine, by Matthew Dunlap and Lisa Ann Leahy
• Government Participation in Social Networks: Joining the Conversation, by Kevin Novak
• E-Authentication: Safeguarding Citizen Identity, by Georgia March and Jeff Gallimore
• and more ...

The articles are organized around the themes of building trust in government, engaging citizens, public comment, using social media, and getting to mature e-democracy.