European Journal of ePractice N°6
Key enablers for eTransformation? eID, Interoperability and Open Source
The European Commission’s eGovernment Action Plan considers innovations in eIdentification, interoperability and open source software to be keys to opening the door to the transformational potential of eGovernment. The developers of eGovernment services are therefore directing additional resources on these innovations as a means for providing high impact services. But will initiatives in these areas work? Will they facilitate the efficient and correct operation of public eServices? What does the evidence suggest?
The contributions to this special issue highlight the challenges confronting efforts to create these enabling conditions. Interoperability and appropriate identification systems are major challenges in their own right. As some contributions argue, open source can help some government agencies approach these goals, but it is only one of many strategies that need to be considered.
Author: William Dutton
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