Slovenian e-Government

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.

Comments

Taking technology too far?

[Anonymous Coward]

I think this is a case of taking technology too far. You know real face-to-face human interaction is really under-rated these days!!

Re:Not for "old" countries

[Chocky2]

It's not just the country that's young, it's government as a whole is relatively young with lots of senior ministers in their early-mid 40s. This combined with, as you say, Slovenia being so young a state, means that you've got a fairly young and visionary government and a people who aren't afraid of change - two things that most western nations lack.

Re:Not the first time

[vidarh]

First, lots of people have already pointed out that you're talking about the wrong country. Secondly, you are making the assumption that spending money on internet projects is a pure cost for the government, without justifying it in any way.

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.