Sunday, May 15, 2011

E-Government and Broadband « mainja2011

The Brookings Institution (2008) report that one of the most promising aspects of e-government is its ability to bring citizens closer to their governments. Governments can utilize and take advantage of the connectedness of its citizens in improving government performance. As e-government becomes an integral part of state and federal infrastructure planning, broadband mapping and development has been targeted by some states like the State of Delaware as a key issue in infrastructure development. Kolsaker and Lee-Kelley (2006) notes that one approach to stimulate the public sector's innovation and modernization effort is to develop broadband technologies. The rationale has been that more digital co-operation, interactive e-Government applications and other information intensive services to the public will contribute to a significant nationwide demand for broadband infrastructures – justifying more infrastructure investments and stimulating the market for broadband services.

Bygstad (2008) notes that infrastructures are means, not ends. The crucial aspects of infrastructures are which actual products and services they enable and support. Having broadband access to the Internet, private service providers as well as public institutions can offer a range of new interactive or media rich services to the public. Thus, the existence of broadband infrastructures is imperative to many e-Government initiatives.

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