by Andrea Di Maio | February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
The Italian government, after dealing with the financial emergency and market pressures by introducing new austerity measures, has shifted gear, looking into initiatives that can help reignite a much needed economic growth. In this context, it announced a new digital agenda (see here and here, both in Italian) and a new governance structure involving the [...]
Category: Europe and IT e-government open government data smart government Tags: digital society, Italy, smart city
by Andrea Di Maio | February 1, 2012 | 5 Comments
The UK Government Digital Service created by Minister Maude under the leadership of Mike Bracken (ex-Guardian) just released a much-awaited beta version of its new unified web site for public sector, at www.gov.uk. This is still far from being a full replacement of the current government portal Directgov, but gives a pretty good idea of [...]
Category: Europe and IT e-government open government data Tags: Directgov, UK government
by Andrea Di Maio | December 27, 2011 | 4 Comments
For the third year in a row, here is my (absolutely personal) top ten in the area of government 2.0 and government innovation in general. This ranking is my own, and – as such – totally arbitrary. I am sure I am missing great things that happened in many corners of the world, and I [...]
Category: IT management e-government public value of IT web 2.0 in government Tags: Australia, government 2.0, GSA, New Zealand, US federal CIO
by Andrea Di Maio | November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
Over the last few months we have been witnessing a deterioration of sovereign debts, the vulnerability of financial services organizations, a new slowdown for the economy, high unemployment, social tensions in countries that need to implement unprecedented austerity measures. Despite all this, the IT industry seems to be doing remarkably well, and the pace of [...]
Category: Europe and IT e-government Tags: government 2.0, information society
by Andrea Di Maio | October 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
Sometimes personal experience is a powerful source of data for a government-related blog. Yesterday I was one of the millions of Italians who tried to fill their census forms online rather than on paper. I would have thought that the statistical office would plan for an easily foreseeable spike in demand or at least advise [...]
Category: Europe and IT e-government Tags: Italy
by Andrea Di Maio | July 7, 2011 | Comments Off
When I was in Taipei last week I saw a few camera crews in public places, including the city hall. When I asked what it was, I was told that it was the launch date for free municipal wi-fi in public spaces (indoor). In a few months’ time – October, I believe – this will [...]
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Category: e-government Tags: Asia, wi-fi
by Andrea Di Maio | June 1, 2011 | 3 Comments
This week I visited a shared service organization that manages, among other things, the jurisdiction-wide e-government portal, including a number of widely utilized components supporting content management, electronic forms and payment. Some of the statistics they shared with me, although I have not yet verified them, looked quite promising, and so was their reputation among [...]
Category: e-government Tags: IT management, shared services
by Andrea Di Maio | May 13, 2011 | Comments Off
I often engage in discussions of a more personal nature on Facebook, where I happen to debate about politics, music, movies, technology and more. The other day I saw a post by a well-reputed Italian university professor about some usability shortcomings of the Italian railways web site. Quite a few commentators, including myself, supported his [...]
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Category: Europe and IT e-government Tags: IT management, Italy
by Andrea Di Maio | February 22, 2011 | 5 Comments
Yesterday Capgemini published the latest version of its benchmarking of e-government services across the EU, continuing a tradition started by the European Commission several years ago. I need to provide full disclosure here, for those who have not read my earlier positions on e-government benchmarking, be it EU, UN, or various consulting firms. I have [...]
Category: e-government Tags: EU, ranking
by Andrea Di Maio | February 4, 2011 | 5 Comments
For one of those coincidences that make like interesting, over the last week I have been discussing e-government strategies (or digital agendas or information society plans) in three different contexts. First of all discussing with colleagues at a meeting in Brussels. Second, commenting on the recently launched call for an Italian digital agenda. And third, [...]
Category: e-government Tags: digital society, open government
