E-Governance Review

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                This past nine week has been a major learning curve for myself and the knowledge that was distributed out on this blog I hope will be helpful beneficial. I enjoyed the time that I spent in being able to show what I’ve learned. This week’s blog will consist of a review and redistribution of information already given in a sequence by the weeks.

            Dr. Ali Farahani did a lecture on e-Government framework on how e-Gov Participatory Democracy which redefines representative democracy. He implied that openness-transparency around decision-making includes audio, video, online documents, accessibility, and participation. Having the right steps in making government more accessible makes many lives better and time manageable. An example relating to such idea may be the voting system of which we know issues have been a constant problem in our elections.

            E-Democracy has been a major part of our society that has integrated itself slowly into our society and as I have learned with electronics. E-Democracy allows people to interact with their politicians and personal use such as emails. E-Democracy allows citizens to be an equal participant in our political process as we know it today.

 Social media is being used at every level of the government which is a part of their operations for delivering services, displaying economic development, and the management of emergency systems. As we have come accustom to, social media is the communication and marketing tool for which government uses to connect with constituents in real-time function. This allows for a faster and better response between both parties that are interacting. What is social media, it’s basically a software that provides information throughout the internet.

            The political process using technology to its advantage in reaching out to potential voters over social media, raising funds, and getting donation from people who wants to help a candidate win. Just look at television, cable, radios, computers and satellites, put unprecedented power into the hands of a user. Without any of this technology mention in the previous sentences how would society make as we have forgotten back then some of these items didn’t even exist.

            I hope you enjoyed this 9 weeks with as much as I have. This information will online forever and never can be deleted so if you want to go back to and review this blog for more information. Thanks again for being a part of this learning experience.

Federal and state laws and regulations

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This week’s blog will focus on relevant federal and state laws and regulations within government in preparing trust from agencies and developing strategies to who things and people accountable. Every organization has rules and regulations that must be taken serious and necessary to abide by all rules. When setting up laws and regulations there always has to be a beginning/framework that protects information and citizens. These ideas have been beneficial because it stops illegal activities that may exist as we have seen many times throughout our government. Understanding regulations and laws is something that citizens have to invest their time to gain the knowledge needed to be relevant when the time presents itself.

Within the United States, five sources consist of constitutional law, statutory law, treaties, administrative regulations and the common law which play a major part in society. We all know that federal laws take place in Congress as well for regulations getting approved and state laws plan the same role. E-Governance/E-Government have to protect themselves at all time from lawsuits that may exist from error from the technology and the people who oversee it. E-government is predicated on leveraging the capabilities and power of IT to deliver services provided by governments at local, municipal, state, and national levels (Grant and Chau, 2015).

New technologies have become the transaction of fostering a shift change in how we use information and process data. As you look at Wall Street, it has so many laws and regulations because of the corruption such as fraud, insider trading, etc., because having these types of avenues implemented can help with security, privacy, and data. E-Government itself deals with information that requires security and privacy of personal and governmental agencies. As I research information and look at articles to help justify what is being given to the world, its important keep growing as technology grows. Fjermestad and Romano (2007) stated: "that security can be interpreted in the symbolic meaning referring to any illegal activity or any unfortunate casualty" (p.66). The main purpose is to prevent and maintain stability at levels of government and other organizations.

         Technology will continue to transform how we view government functionality and the communication with society. An example of how the government controls regulation just look at how it shut down the mergers between AT&T/T-Mobile and Comcast/Verizon over the past few years because they want to give smaller independent companies a fair shake with customers. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is relevant to e-Governance based on the decision help citizens such as the telemarketers making their numbers known on caller ids. Without regulations and laws then a lot of illegal practice would continue.

Role of technology involving managers decision-making!

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            Over the past several week's information has been given out with regards to government and other organizations using today’s technology. These weeks have been very informative and understanding how society has been evolving along with technology as it grows. Sometimes we as people are afraid of change and can be content on what we already use. E-Governance has been something that has been around for quite some time of which the existence was unknown to me and many others. The knowledge and understanding of technology that I’ve gain has been very valuable and I hope readers soak up the information like a sponge as I have as well. This week’s topic will elaborate on the role of technology for managerial decision-making and agency performance.

            Technology plays a significant role in helping managers make a decision with regards to what’s best for the company. Managers have to make sure that they’re getting the right information to put in place and getting the wrong information can be detrimental to the agency. Technology has a way of making sure things are easier to use for employees who has the hands-on experience for such work. Managers have to some key qualities in being a person in charge of others involves learning how to adapt and excellent motivational skills. Also having a great assessment of how the agency is performing with the technology.

            Sometimes ambiguity can be a problem over who will be held accountable for which decisions are decided. As a result, the entire decision-making process can stall, which hinders the agency itself. The role of technology in management decision-making involves the risk, uncertainty, and the future. Managers have sufficient or complete information and sometimes know what the outcomes will be. But they too must have alternatives set in place for the purpose of one decision fails. It’s achieving a goal to bring about good performance from the organization.

            The performance of agency depends on how managers or handling the technology and making sure the work is being done properly by the decision-making process. Technology role can make or break an organization in regards to making sure the information is distributed accurately and effectively. It’s well-known that organizations are characterized by the changing and dynamic environments that we know today. Having strong team members will help make the function of technology run smoothly and improve the performance measurements that's viewed by top leadership. With so many people using government websites and other organization websites to pay bills, taxes, set up voting registration, get driver’s license and banking information online, the feedback given by people helps determine if the company is succeeding. In simple words, are the organizations doing a good job in providing great service to society, and managers have to keep up the progress?

            Whenever you go online to pay a bill, a box pops asking for you to complete a survey before exiting the system. This lets the organization know how it’s doing what the people think about the company itself. Some of these agencies truly need a review on their performances because of the technology isn’t always perfect which cause frustration for a lot of people.

            Having the right group of individuals to make technology run smoothly is a must for government agencies, and without oversight, things would fall apart. Technologies role will continue to be a major part of any agencies performance and have a greater impact on the decision-making process of managers. Staying focus on the task at hand will make all transitions run smoothly without any issues.

Role of Technology

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            I would like to welcome everyone and the new information seekers back for another week of gaining new knowledge about how our government functions with the assistance of technology. As you may now know that this is one of many blog entries that I’ve created and it’s been a great learning experience with regards to government and any other organization that affects our daily lives. Today’s society seems to be changing every minute, every hour, and 365 days of the year so that I will focus this week’s topic on the role of technology in our society.

            Technology has constantly been evolving over the years and going to continue into the future, so much so that it seems hard to adapt. Once something new comes out a few months later, another version takes its place without getting used to what you already have. The role of technology within government allows for people to have access to a lot of information by just sitting at home. Technology is becoming the new way of life, and with e-Government, it plays a significant role in regards to data information.

            The political process using technology to its advantage in reaching out to potential voters over social media, raising funds, and getting a donation from people who wants to help a candidate win. Just look at television, cable, radios, computers and satellites, put unprecedented power into the hands of a user. Without any of this technology mention in the previous sentences, how would society make as we have forgotten back then some of these items didn’t even exist.

 But technology has to management by IT individuals whose job focuses on programs themselves ensuring nothing goes wrong especially with regards to the voting machines and registration. An example of how the role of technology works and need management, the HealthCare.gov that went online from the federal level in 2013 which had more bugs in it than one can imagine. To fix this problem who did the Federal called in the Silicon Valley experts to fix it. This technology allowed people to go online and select a healthcare plan that would benefit the individual or a family. At one point and time, this technology didn’t exist because everything has been completed on paper from the HR Department office.

 Many cities are bringing in companies on a daily basis to implement new technology to improve government responses and to empowering citizens as well as the viewing of government budgets. New apps, smartphones, iPad, and laptops which create a great amount of output and productivity. Social media plays a major role in technology with regards to the information being delivered by the people. http://www.interparty.org/importance-of-ict-on-governments.html

During my tenure with North Carolina Department of Public Safety government, I’ve noticed that technology is taking over how we go about our daily lives. Everything is becoming computerized, and face-to-face communication ceases to exist as emails are the new form of communication between employers and employees. Within government entities, similar NC Department of Public Safety only secures access to pertinent information in which citizens or not allowed to view. With the exception that citizens can see salaries of government employees online as I found out a few years ago. So the role of technology has its uses for government, non-profit, and citizens who wish to be involved with the change.