Slovenian e-Government 178
rakerman writes "In its October 20th issue the Economist reports from Ljubljana that 'Slovenia may be Europe's most Internetted government', including 'holding most of its cabinet meetings online'. There is some information at the Slovenian e-government site, in particular check out their detailed strategy for e-commerce in public administration." I''ve read the article; very well done.
Taking technology too far? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Not for "old" countries (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Not the first time (Score:3, Insightful)
Spending money on getting the government online can have many positive effects, among them cutting costs in printing and distributing material, cutting travel costs, reducing time spent distributing material, and so on.
And even if you discount positive effects from using the net itself, just using the net will translate to increased revenues for local companies and increased employment.
I have no idea whether those two in total add up to enough that they make Slovenias e-government project worth it, but discounting it outright without evaluating the above just because a relatively poor country is using money on internet related projects is shortsighted at best.