A5076885455- E-Government and Public Services
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Social Media and Politics
- Business and Management Studies
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Data Quality and Management
- Optimization and Mathematical Programming
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Software Reliability and Analysis Research
- Information Science and Libraries
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Open Source Software Innovations
University of Coimbra
2012-2023
NanoQuébec (Canada)
2020
Detroit R&D (United States)
2020
Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers
2006-2019
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra
2016
Purpose This paper aims to analyse extant literature on open data, distinguish and categorize the strands of public accountability research use results provide better clarity in concept data-driven accountability. Design/methodology/approach Systematic review 135 data articles 155 from e-government reference library. A multi-stage analysis 12 which are categorized using Bovens’ (2007) theory information, discussion consequences. Conceptual development, analysis, forms final section paper....
Democratic governments maintain their legitimacy by answering demands to solve societal problems, thus continuously adopting and implementing new policies, programs, administrative rules. One possible consequence of this democratic responsiveness is policy accumulation rule growth, overloading resources and, ultimately, impairing implementation. The aim exploratory research twofold: first, analyse the relationship between government transparency accumulation; second, develop a framework...
The current financial crisis has reinforced the need for transparency and accountability in context of open government. As such, governments have promoted initiatives by developing portals where a huge number datasets is made available. But simply to disclose centralized web portal might not address variety citizens' other stakeholders' information seeking scenarios. To characterize such scenarios we considered role scientists researchers as 'information brokers' analysed assessment...
Data portals are being created as part of open government strategies to increase transparency. But although the potential internet transparency (as data disclosure) has been widely considered in literature, there is no reported evidence any released actually used by their ultimate recipients (citizens) for public accountability purposes. This descriptive research effort aims find impact portals, asserting whether indeed and what One contract portal was selected Google Search references on...
Different aspects of government transparency have been analyzed by the research community, but no structured framework was found concerning public eServices transparency. This article considers from a service users' point view and outlines rooted in systematic literature review, complemented selected analysis on fields quality sector values. The defines concept ‘public transparency' characterizes information that should be made available, according to different user profiles. aim is assist...
The expression 'public participation' in democratic decision-making processes may assume different meanings ranging from "the right to be informed" up directly decide". An interesting approach understand how citizens influence these is provided by John Dryzek's account for discursive democracy, a particular strand of deliberative democracy. His deemphasizes the role voting mechanisms as way administrative power and favors instead deliberation within public sphere. Early bourgeois European...
Several open government initiatives have been launched to make available online data enhancing accountability of public officials towards ordinary citizens. However, these raise several questions, namely: Which should be disclosed? How bring together dispersed (fragmented) data? improve its understandability by citizens? Literature shows that, in general, the selection process does not take into account citizens' expectations and information needs. This paper presents development a...
The current design paradigm of car cabin components assumes seats aligned with the driving direction. All passengers are driver that, until recently, was only element in charge controlling vehicle. new self-driving cars eliminates several those requirements, releasing from control duties and creating opportunities for entertaining during trip. This creates need functionalities that must be closer to each user, namely on seat. work proposes use low-cost capacitive touch sensors functions,...
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar de que forma as entidades da Administração Local em Portugal (municípios e do setor empresarial local – SEL) aproveitam (ou não) o potencial divulgação informação Internet, tornando-a assim um instrumento ao serviço transparência destas perante cidadão. Para isso, recorreu-se a modelo avaliação (índice transparência) tem consideração princípios open government data propostos por diversos investigadores entidades. modelo, avalia visibilidade, formato...
This paper presents a bliki model which combines the potential of blog and wiki in order to support creation constellation political discourses public sphere promote critical reflection among them. The is inspired on traditional local participation events that usually take form face-to-face meeting where participants discuss some issue or problem and, end, produce document summarizing highlights event.
This article aims to identify the different technologies used in e-rulemaking platforms and initiatives assess results from those initiatives. It contribute aid public officials responsible for organization of such decide what are best practices order achieve results. A systematic literature review was carried out based on E-Government Reference Library (EGRL) Google Scholar, methodology proposed by Schlichter Kraemmergaard (2010) used. The set collected articles then analyzed three...
This work aims to identify the different technologies used in e-Rulemaking platforms and initiatives, assess results from those initiatives. It contribute aid public officials responsible for organization of such initiatives decide what are best practices order achieve results. A systematic literature review was carried out based on e-Government Reference Library (EGRL), methodology proposed by Schlichter Kraemmergaard (2010) used. The set collected articles (18), then analyzed three...
eGovernment initiatives have been progressively influenced by an emphasis on open government. In this context, it is particularly relevant the online availability of data which would allow citizens to make public officials accountable for their actions (transparency accountability). One important issue concerning transparency assessment know should be made available in sector entities web sites order facilitate accountability process. general, research literature selects such required...