Presentation by
Ali Chahin, Maria Alexandra Cunha, Peter T. Knight and Solon Lemos
Pinto
Introduction
Part I:Electronic Government in Brazil and the World,
by Ali Chahin, Maria Alexandra Cunha, Peter T.
Knight and Solon Lemos Pinto
Chapter 1:
BACKGROUND
The Knowledge Economy and Digital
Convergence
Television and Distance Education in
Brazil
The Internet in Brazil
Public Administration Reform in
Brazil
Chapter 2:
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
Electronic Government in the World
Recent trends in e-government
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Mexico
Singapore
Malaysia
Republic of Korea
Federal Electronic Government
The creation and implementation
of the project
Evaluation of the federal
e-government through 2002
Principal advances and
achievements during the Cardoso Government
New Federal e-government
policies
Electronic Government in the States
and Municipalities
Public data processing
companies in the states
Background of state and local
e-government projects
Principal advances and
achievements in the states and municipalities
Electronic Governance
Providing electronic services to
citizens
Broadening mechanisms of
participation, transparency and digital inclusion
Considerations on electronic
government in the states and municipalities
Challenges for the Brazilian Electronic
Governments
Chapter 3: ELECTRONIC
DEMOCRACY: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Principles
Study national and
international experience
Develop strategy and priorities
Create new programs where there
are gaps in service
Begin new programs with pilot
projects
Build on rather than replace or
compete with successful programs
Integrate horizontally and
vertically
Collectivize Internet access for
the poor
Democratize content and access
Reform public administration
Break up silos and intermediation
Seek efficiency and efficacy
Increase transparency and attack
corruption
Involve stakeholders
Build alliances
Communicate strategically with the
public
Integrate e-government with the
use of unified service centers, call centers, etc.
Promote computer literacy training
Protect the technological
environment and information
Central State Functions in Delivering
Services to the Public
Education and training
Health
Public safety
e-procurement
Judicial reform
Part II:
Brazilian e-Government Experiences, Chapters by contributing authors
Chapter 4: THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY
4.1
The Information Society
and Electronic Democracy: The Program of the Information Society –
Taking stock of activities and perspectives, byTadao Takahashi
4.2 Challenges of the
Information Society, by Sergio Amadeu da Silveira
4.3 Electronic Government and the
Transformation of Public Administration.
by Ciro Campos
Christo Fernandes
4.4 The Brazilian Payments System, by
Peter T. Knight and Carlos Alberto
Wanderley
Chapter 5:
E-EDUCATION AND E-TRAINING
5.1 TV Escola: A program in Evolution,
by Carmen Moreira de Castro Neves
5.2 Computerized Schools Linked to the
Internet: The Experience of the
ProInfo Program in
Espirito Santo State, by Carmen Lúcia Prata, Daísa Teixeira, Luciane
Stefanato Negrini e Yara Lucia de Oliveira Pontine
5.3 Distance Education in Higher
Education in the State of Rio de Janeiro:
The CEDERJ Consortium, by
Carlos Eduardo Bielchowsky
5.4 The Knowledge Network (A Rede do
Saber) Continuing Education of
Teachers in São Paulo State, by
Beatriz Leonel Scavazza, Angela
Sprenger, and Guilherme Ari
Plonski
5.5
UNIPREV: The Corporate
University of the Social Security Ministry –
Online education in the training
of civil servants of the National Social
Security Institute, by Marcia
Rangel
Chapter 6: E-HEALTH
6.1 Information Management in Health: In
search of citizenship, by Fabiana
Borja Alves
6.2 The Virtual Brazilian Hospital: An
Experience in e-Health, by Renato
Sabbatini
Chapter 7: E-PUBLIC
SAFETY, E-JUSTICE AND E-LEGISLATION
7.1
e-Public Safety – The
Experience of Pernambuco, by José Vicente da
Silva
and Carlos Alexandre Dias Perez
7.2 Online Identification of Criminals
in Rondonia, by William Sérgio
Guimarães e
Haroldo
de Lima Arouca
7.3
e-Justice.br –The
Experience of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do
Sul, by Eduardo Arruda
7.4
Electronic Elections, by Paulo Camarão
7.5
SILEG – The system of
legislative information, by Luiz Antonio Souza da
Eira and
Luciano Alberto Rocho
Chapter 8: E-ADMINISTRATION
8.1 Electronic Business and Public
Procurement – The Brazilian experience
with G2B, by Andréa Gomes
Fernandes
8.2 The impact of e-procurement on
Public Administration: The case of
SISAG/COMPRASNET, by Ciro
Christo Campos Fernandes
8.3 Electronic Government: Transparency,
Efficiency and Inclusion, by
Florencia Ferrer and Zilma
Borges
Chapter 9:
E-INCLUSION
9.1 Sampa.Org: A digital
inclusion Project, by Rodrigo Ortiz Assumpção and
Maurício Falavigna
9.2 Schools for Informatics and
Citizenship and Digital Inclusion,
Rodrigo Baggio and Cristina de
Luca
9.3 Digital Inclusion: An
Entrepreneurial Proposal, by Paulo Toledo
9.4 CORREIOSNET – The Role of the
Brazilian Postal Enterprise in the
Digital Age, by Antonio
de Paula Braquehais
9.5 New Wireless Technologies and
Digital Inclusion, by Wagner Ikeda
Chapter
10: E-GOVERNO – ESTADUAL E LOCAL
10.1 INFOVIA.RJ: The new parth for the
Internet in the State of Rio de
Janeiro, by Fernando
Peregrino and Tereza Porto
10.2
The e-Paraná Project:
Electronic Government in Paraná State, by Maria
Alexandra da
Cunha and Danilo Scalet
10.3
Implementing Electronic Government at
the Local Level, by Jorge
Thadeu Sampaio
10.4
A Comparative Study of e-Government
Sites in Four State Capitals, by
José Eisenberg
10.5
Portal Design, by Claudine Duarte
Conclusion: FALL
BEHIND OR LEAPFROG, by Ali Chahin, Maria Alexandra
Cunha,
Peter T. Knight, and Solon Lemos Pinto
From e-gov.br to e-dem.br
Run and still fall behind?
The need for a national collective
effort to leapfrog
References
Webliography of metadata on e-government
Glossary of Technical Terms and Acronyms
Biodata on Organizing Authors and
Contributors
Index
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