iGovernment: A new perspective on the future of government digitisation

Innovative use of ICT applications is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern government policy in every area of service, care and control. Looking beyond the individual applications and layers of digitisation, we find a hodgepodge of information flows running within and between the various public authorities, policy domains, and crossing the public/private boundary. This has consequences for the relation between government and citizens. Step by step, decision by decision, the everyday work of government is changing ‘the rules of the game’ and giving rise to “information Government” (iGovernment), without this being based on any overall strategic agenda or awareness among political decision-makers. This article places this development in a new framework and suggests a perspective on a necessary paradigm shift.     

EU update

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie’s column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, e-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside websites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.     

European national news

The regular article tracking developments at the national level in key European countries in the area of IT and communications – co-ordinated by Herbert Smith LLP and contributed to by firms across Europe. This column provides a concise alerting service of important national developments in key European countries. Part of its purpose is to compliment the Journal’s feature articles and briefing notes by keeping readers abreast of what is currently happening “on the ground” at a national level in implementing EU level legislation and international conventions and treaties. Where an item of European National News is of particular significance, CLSR may also cover it in more detail in the current or a subsequent edition.     

浅析突发事件中的信息自由与信息管制

信息自由作为一项基本人权理当受法律保护,但基于个人隐私、国家利益、社会安全等法理,对信息的搜集、传播、公开,进行一定限制也是必要的。以我国突发事件中政府保障信息自由和限制信息流动的实际为出发点,透过比较法的视角,对政府在突发事件中保障公众信息自由的适宜路径,政府实施信息管制的正当性法理、具体标准以及程序要求等法律问题进行探索,具有实际意义。     

政府信息公开的若干法律问题探究

《中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例》的施行,对于保障公民知情权、提高政府工作透明度、促进依法行政意义重大。但在执法实践中,正确界定政府信息,明确政府信息的公开范围和方式,科学甄别政府信息公开的其他排除范围,厘清该条例与相关法律的适用关系,以及掌握政府信息公开与＂卷宗阅览权＂、＂隐私权＂保护的关系至关重要。     

Why are highly informed citizens sceptical of referenda?

Past work on attitudes toward the use of referenda finds that the most politically informed citizens are more sceptical of its use than their less informed counterparts. An intriguing tension presents itself in that those citizens who may be best equipped for referendum voting, the highly informed and politically sophisticated, are the least likely to support the use of this tool of direct democracy. Using data from Canadian Election Studies, we consider three explanations for relative referenda scepticism among political sophisticates. Our analyses provide evidence to support a confidence in government explanation and a concern for minority rights explanation, but not an incompetent public explanation – a curious finding considering the centrality of citizen competence in the theoretical literature on referenda.     

信息因素与毛泽东的决策探析——以“三反”运动为例

信息作用贯穿于决策始末，是决策做出的关键因素之一。毛泽东对“三反”运动的发动、发展、运行调整，都直接源于对信息的获取、深入及其拓展。从信息与决策关系的微观层面重新认识和评价毛泽东决策做出的深层次历史原由，了解信息因素对毛泽东做出决策的重要性，可以为新时期建立科学的信息决策机制提供历史的借鉴。     

警务驾驶技术信息化应用研究

加强警务驾驶信息化建设与应用,是强化民警驾驶技能的重要举措。依靠"训练系统"的科技手段,收集视、听、做等方面的信息,以模块化教学模块,建立独特的控制机制,有效选择运用警务驾驶信息化的多种方法,并凭借警务驾驶信息化应用的优势,使警务驾驶技能训练更加有效。     

警务情报源的类型及利用方法分析

本文分析了警务情报的各种信息来源,指出现有各种警务情报源在使用方面存在的问题,针对不同信息类型,需要有效利用、整合和规范现有信息,并加大对各种信息源特征的研究。     

加强外警交流资料翻译 研究和管理的必要性

云南警官学院在外警培训工作中积累了较为丰富的经验并取得了一定的成绩。随着学院的深入发展,为了更好地完成外警培训工作,必然得在教学和研究方面下工夫,特别需要加强国外交流资料的翻译、研究和管理工作。