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About EU Better Regulation and EU’s Impact assessments

Version française  It  must be noted that the “impact assessments” are only available in english  Political context ( at http://ec.europa.eu/governance/impact/index_en.htm )

Statewatch analysis: EU Regulation on access to EU documents (1049/2001)

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Statewatch analysis: EU Regulation on access to EU documents (1049/2001): European Parliament report on the Regulation on public access to EU documents by Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/mar/eu-access-reg-cashman-11-march-adopted-sw-analysis.pdf

The analysis refers to the amendments in: Resolution on Commission proposals as adopted on 11 March 2009:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/mar/eu-access-reg-cashman-11-march-adopted.pdf

See all background documentation on the Observatory: The regulation on access to EU documents: 2008-2009:

http://www.statewatch.org/foi/observatory-access-reg-2008-2009.htm

Source: StateWatch

USA: Report "Unmasks" Top Ten Most Wanted Government Documents

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Source: http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1195 , March 20, 2009

CDT and OpenTheGovernment.org today jointly released a report outlining the most sought after government documents and information. The report, "Show Us the Data: The Most Wanted Government Documents," is based on the findings of an interactive Web site that allowed users to identify unclassified government documents and information they most wanted access to. Once the documents were identified, users were then invited to vote on which documents they most wanted access to. The report details the top ten documents and provides recommendations on ways to make all government information easily accessible. The project's timing was intended to dovetail with the open government polices now underway at the federal level.

·         Show Us the Data Press Release [TXT] March 20, 2009

·         Report: Ten Most Wanted Government Documents [PDF] March 20, 2009

To be noted:

• Public access to all Congressional Research service reports
• Access to Comprehensive Information about Legislation ...

Some eGovernment guidelines in France and Luxembourg

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Some interesting official guidelines in France related to Accessibility, Interoperability, Security, Ergonomy at http://www.references.modernisation.gouv.fr

And in Luxembourg about web sites architecture:

http://www.eluxembourg.public.lu/dossiers/index.html

http://www.eluxembourg.public.lu/dossiers/egovernment/4_architecture/index.html

UK: a chance to share your views on public services

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Published by Direct.Gov.uk introduced by PM Gordon Brown on Tuesday, 10 March 2009 at http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_175724?cid=rss

You can download the document "Working Together - Public Services on your side" at

Working Together - Public Services on your side [PDF 1.1MB, 84 pages]

People in England will soon be able to leave feedback on GPs, police, childcare and councils. New websites will be launched allowing people to share their views about local services in a similar way to sites like Amazon and eBay; helping to improve local services and make them more personal for local people.

Some good ideas for EU websites?

eGovernment measurement frameworks

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The eGovMoNet network will establish a community to review national eGovernment measurement frameworks.

We will focus on streamlining the efforts across Europe  to improve quality and comparability of results.

http://www.egovmonet.eu/

 

About Europa see the stats http://europa.eu/abouteuropa/stat/index.htm

Results of on-line satisfaction surveys see http://europa.eu/survey_en.htm

 

Making government data available online for mashups - US moving to legislate

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12-03-2009 eGOV AU

Source: http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/03/making-government-data-available-online.html

See the page http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2764/show of OpenCongress, a good example of what could be done with mashup technology to track a bill.

Multiligualism in EU institutions according with the french Senat

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A study and a proposal of the french Senat (French text)

Source : http://www.senat.fr/rap/l08-258/l08-258.html

« Proposition de résolution sur le respect de la diversité linguistique dans le fonctionnement des institutions européennes »

How 34 leading countries are progressing in their egovernment activities

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12-03-2009, (Blog eGOV AU)

Source: http://egovau.blogspot.com/2009/03/australia-ranked-lucky-13th-in.html

The Waseda university in Japan has released its 2009 Waseda University International e-Government Ranking, the fifth consecutive report on how 34 leading countries are progressing in their egovernment activities.

Some good studies on eBooks

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Source: Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga

A short history of the eBooks at http://www.etudes-francaises.net/dossiers/ebookEN.pdf (2009)

Technology and books for all at http://www.etudes-francaises.net/dossiers/booksforall.pdf

And in French language

Les mutations du livre [FR] (2007)
Le livre numérique: chronologie [FR] (2007)
Le Projet Gutenberg [FR] (2005)
Project Gutenberg [EN] (2005)