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Open government 2.0: citizen empowerment through open data, web and mobile apps

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Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan,

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia,

Luis F. Luna-Reyes,

Dolores E. Luna,

Yaneileth Rojas-RomeroAuthors Info & Claims

ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

Pages 30 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/2463728.2463735

Published: 22 October 2012 Publication History

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Although the open government concept is not new, current trends in open government imply a change in focus from the traditional principle of accountability to a concept of citizen empowerment, collaboration and information sharing. In this paper, we explore the use of open data and mobile apps in the top countries according to the UN 2010 e-Government Survey. Our exploration suggests that, although not all countries yet offer mobile apps to their citizens, there is a great diversity of apps to create citizen value. Moreover, private companies and citizens are getting involved in the creation of such apps. More research is needed to understand ways to promote the development of this kind of government applications.

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ICEGOV '12: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

October 2012

547 pages

ISBN:9781450312004

DOI:10.1145/2463728

Conference Chairs:
David Ferriero
National Archives and Records Administration
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Theresa Pardo
University at Albany
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Haiyan Qian
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico
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Natalie Helbig
Center for Technology in Government, SUNY, United States
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Adegboyega Ojo
United Nations University, Macao

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