Nota de la moderaci�n: Por la longitud de la nota con las citas del reporte
incluidas, el mensaje se envia en 3 partes.
>Segun el Informe, casos interesantes:
>
>Web measure index 2004: top 25 countries
>Chile: 6
>Mexico: 11
>Argentina: 22
>Colombia: 23
>Brazil: 24
>
>However, the fact that some of these South & Central American countries do
>not qualify for the overall e-government readiness index shows that
>despite considerable improvements in expanding and consolidating their
>e-government portals the effective outreach and access eludes the majority
>of the populations. With limited human and technological infrastructure
>support, many countries, which invest in egovernment, tend to lose out in
>the set of world comparative rankings when assessed for overall e-readiness.
>
>This points to an important lesson in e-government and ICT for development
>planning. Whereas it is important to focus on improving access to service
>delivery, e-government programs must be placed in � and run concurrently
>with � an integrated framework aimed at improving infrastructure and
>educational skills. Countries may lose out on overall egovernment
>readiness and their development goal of achieving access to all if the
>progress is not evenly balanced. For example Mexico, which ranked 11th
>among the top 25 in assessment of its e-government program alone, was
>ranked 30th when ranked by the composite e-government readiness index." (...)
>
>E-Participation
>(...) "Whereas the web measure index assesses the availability of
>information and services online, the e-participation index measures how
>usefulare these services and frequently they appear. In particular, the
>index attempts to qualify if
>these tools and materials are conducive to an online deliberative and
>participatory process between the government and the citizen. (...)"
>
>E-Participation Index 2004: Top 20 countries
>Mexico: 6
>Colombia: 10
>Chile: 11
>
>Countries with a policy of encouraging citizen participation (LAC)
>Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay
>y Venezuela
>
>(...)
>
>Countries allowing feedback on policies (LAC) Chile, Mexico, Peru
>
>(...)
>
>Countries providing online consultation facility (LAC) Chile
>
>(...)
>
>Software Libre
>
>(...)" A Note on Open Source Software and National E-Government Websites
>
>The emergence of 'open source' web technology has resulted in new choices
>for the operating systems and web servers that are the technology
>foundation of all websites and online systems. In the e-government arena,
>especially at the national level, it has also created somewhat of a
>controversy: nations find themselves choosing between 'open source'
>technology, most often associated with the Linux operating system and
>Apache web servers; and the traditional Microsoft platforms (Windows based
>operating systems and IIS web servers) and the offerings from IBM and Sun
>(e.g., Solaris, Unix, others).
>
>Open source has been heralded as more cost-effective--open source
>offerings are generally available free of charge, at least initially--and
>potentially more secure than the traditional competitors, although there
>is enough conflicting research and anecdotal evidence that the jury is
>still out on both of those claims. In the case of Microsoft based
>technologies, the choice of technology platforms often appears to be more
>about politics and philosophy than actual technical pros and cons, with
>decision makers falling into distinct camps. These national level
>decisions have huge implications in terms of how e-government services are
>rolled out, impact on the specific technology providers and the technology
>market overall, and on the resources required for governments to maintain
>and support their e-government systems.
>
>In any case, the technology platform decision for national governments and
>agencies will become increasingly important as more public services,
>information and communications are moved online in the future, and the
>open source issue will continue to play a major role in how technology
>platforms evolve.
>
>The summary table below shows that in 2004, open source technologies were
>installed in support of national government websites more often than any
>other specific type of system. Open source operating systems (Linux, Free
>BSD, others) commanded 47% of the national government operating system
>market. Windows based platforms were not far behind at 36%, with Solaris
>finishing a distant third at 13%. Others, including Unix and Mac operating
>systems, were used in only 4% of the installations. For web servers, the
>free Apache web server was installed in 51% of the national government web
>systems, with Microsoft IIS farther behind with 33% of the installations.
>Netscape, Lotus Domino, and other web servers combined were used in 16% of
>the national government web installations. (....)
Este archivo fue generado por hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Jul 1 11:02:37 2005 AST