egovernance - are you watching the developing countries ?

[tom poe]

Hi:  We've had a taste of egovernance in the United States, recently, 
although there's been no real implementation, yet.  Several legislative 
proposals have been submitted, and various groups, agencies, and departments 
have set up comment periods for the general public to offer their response.  
In every case that I attempted to participate, there were problems.  The 
servers would not accept the email, as the address was an "unknown user", the 
email boxes would be full and not accept emails, the fax phone numbers would 
be listed wrong, not available, etc.  In other words, the egovernance system 
is subject to as much abuse, if not more, by the government agencies than 
even the telephone.

This is anecdotal, and of little consequence, but I think it would be wise to 
consider during your discussions on the risks and rewards of egovernance.
Respectfully,
Tom Poe
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