Emily's Musings

E-government for All

The E-Government for All conference started this morning and runs through November 14th. Group Jazz helped to organize the conference (and I spent a lot of the weekend on finishing touches so we could open today). Over 800 participants from around the world have already signed up!

"E-Government for All will bring together leaders in government, the private sector, community activists, academia and civil society to discuss the relationship between e-government initiatives and the need for policy strategies to bridge the digital divide. While e-government presents us with powerful opportunities for making government more accessible and efficient, there are still millions of people lacking both Internet access and the skills to use it effectively. The conference, therefore, will explore what can be done to ensure that e-government initiatives lessen the digital divide rather than widen it."