Jeffrey Roy

Articles by Jeffrey Roy

e-Government at the crossroads

As Stephen Harper

A virtual solution for Parliament’s restoration

One of the worst kept secrets in Ottawa these days is the worrisome state of Canada

Paper over pixels?

The emergence of the Internet is clearly not for everyone. A recent report by the Canadian Judicial Council (comprised of the country

Next please

A separate article in this issue examines the recent advice received by the government of Ontario from its expert advisory panel on the thorny matter of managing large-scale, transformative IT projects. Like most governments around the world, Ontario has struggled with the formation and management of such projects

Secrecy and the perils of technocracy

In their most recent book, Don Tapscott and David Ticoll introduce us to the

The new face of Inter-governmentalism

Discussions at this year

Digital citizenship: Are e-rights the ties that bind?

In this emerging age of e-government and digital democracy, there is an issue around the evolving nature of citizenship in an online world. Citizenship entails a social contract between governments and their citizens. The essence of this contact is to shape the expectations and actions of both parties

Party lines not connecting

If governments remain tepid in their response to date, one might expect political parties to be a bit bolder in making use of blogs -- and other digital tools -- to both reinvigorate and expand their movements. In this time of a federal minority government, with the potential for an election at any time, the efforts of political parties should be of particular interest. In short, how are political parties adapting to the World Wide Web?

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