Citing the recently released fourth annual Global e-Government Survey conducted by researchers at Brown University in the United States, DGBAS officials said that Taiwan topped the list of 198 countries around the world surveyed with 44.3 points in overall e-government performance, followed by Singapore with 43.8 points, the United States with 41.9 points, Canada with 40.3 points and Monaco with 39 points.
Jiunn-rong Yeh, Chairman of the Research Development and Evaluation Commission in the Executive Yuan, told the ECCT monthly meeting at the Grand Formosa Regent of his government's plans to downsize itself and the significant changes in store for the present ministerial structure. The speech was titled "Cleaning House — the Government's Plan to Reform Itself."
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This is the first reason. The second reason is the constant updates done on these web sites - they offer very current information. The third reason is speed of email response. Online inquiries are answered within three days.
Taiwan, which was recently singled out as being the world's best e-government, has linked progress with e-government to wider objectives concerning the territory's IT development.
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According to a survey of 1,935 government Web sites in 198 countries conducted by the Center for Public Policy at Brown University in the summer, Taiwan ranked No. 1 for its e-government performance and on-line services.
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