MORE governments are using the internet, but only 20 per cent of people with internet access use government sites and few of those encourage users to participate in making policy, according to a UN report.
Even though the 2001 terror attacks made security - rather than accessibility - the main concern in many nations, the number of countries with at least one government web site continues to increase, according to the 2003 UN World Report on the Public Sector, entitled "E-Government at the Crossroads."
The governments of more than 90 percent of UN member states are installing Internet services, but many e-government projects are potentially a waste of money.
E-government isn't all it's cracked up to be, according to a United Nations report published yesterday.
Ever since the hype of the dotcom boom politicians in both the developing and the developed worlds have looked at how technology can help deliver public services.
Nach einer Untersuchung der UN haben zwar fast alle Regierungen inzwischen Websites, viele aber bieten kaum etwas an, vor allem wird die politische Partizipation der Bürger gescheut
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The US government tops the world rankings for delivering information and services through the internet, but the UK runs the most participatory e-government system and developing countries are striding up the international league table, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.