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Subject:  Multidisciplinary

E-government

E-government, also known as electronic government, e-gov, Internet government, digital government, online government or connected government, is a new alternative for interaction between citizens (natural persons) and businesses (legal persons) and the state, regional and local administrations and town councils, among others. It is based on the use of the information and communication technologies (ICT) to design, develop and implement digital tools and environments enabling communication and administrative procedures between citizens and businesses with the administrations and is supported and motivated by constant organizational and legal changes.

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Administration and open government

An objective derived from e-government is the achievement of open administration, open government or good governance. A transparent e-government and with open access to public information (open data).

Transparency

One of the foundations of open government is the transparency of the public administrations. Citizens are entitled to know about the decision-making processes of the public administrations, who participates in decision making, who receives funding, and so on. Moreover, they are entitled to have access to multiple information and public documents. The more access citizens have to everything related to the administrations, the more transparent these administrations will be considered.

Open data

Open data are datasets produced or compiled by the public administration and available to citizens in accessible and reusable digital formats.

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