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Digital Government Units: Origins, Orthodoxy and Critical Considerations for Public Management Theory and Practice

Paper by Amanda Clarke: “From 2011 onwards, Digital Government Units (DGUs) have quickly emerged as a preferred solution for tackling the over-cost and under-performing digital services and lagging digital transformation agendas plaguing today’s governments.

​NTU to tap growing demand for wealth and asset management expertise with new institute​​

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Crowdsourcing Government: Lessons from Multiple Disciplines

Helen Liu in the Public Administration Review: “Crowdsourcing has proliferated across disciplines and professional fields. Implementers in the public sector face practical challenges, however, in the execution of crowdsourcing. This review synthesizes prior crowdsourcing research and practices from a variety of disciplines and focuses to identify lessons for meeting the practical challenges of crowdsourcing in the public sector.

Key resource knowledge: learning in a digitalised world

The digitalisation challenges existing paradigms in almost all areas of society. It is not – although often claimed – a force of nature that we have to adapt to. It... MORE

Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws

The government is India is facing calls to establish better cybersecurity laws to protect consumers’ data after fears have crept up that Reliance Jio, the telecom startup in India, suffered a major data leak.
This report was published by PYMNTS on July 17, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

SC Constitution Bench on Aadhaar and the Fundamental Right to Privacy – Day I

In October 2015, a 3 judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. The reference was mainly to determine the existence of a right to privacy as a fundamental right, after the Government of India argued that there is no such fundamental right under the […]

Más de 300 mil personas sufrirían infecciones graves por hongos

La investigación liderada por el académico de la Facultad de Medicina, Eduardo Álvarez, que por primera vez estimó la cantidad de personas que sufrirían enfermedades fúngicas en nuestro país, alerta sobre un fenómeno poco difundido localmente. Aunque hay micosis comunes como el pie de atleta o las cándidas vaginales, que no implican mortalidad para las personas, los pacientes en edades extremas o inmunodeprimidos, son más propensos a desarrollar infecciones graves por hongos, las que en algunos casos tienen tasas de mortalidad del 80 o 90 por ciento.

"La gaviota" de Chéjov vuelve al Teatro Nacional Chileno

La puesta en escena del montaje coincide con el Centenario de la Revolución Rusa de 1917, gran evento político y social que estremeció al mundo, y enfatiza cómo los grandes cambios se manifiestan también en la intimidad de la vida cotidiana y familiar, en el amor y en el arte.El director Francisco Albornoz trae al presente la dimensión de la vida humana que el dramaturgo ruso configuró en esta obra, estrenada en 1896, pero dentro de un juego estético entre esa Rusia pre revolucionaria y Chile actual, cuyos personajes se preguntan por el sentido del deseo, e

Miguel Lawner sobre la historia de la Villa San Luis

El debate generado en torno a la declaración de Monumento Histórico Nacional de los sobrevivientes bloques de departamentos de la antigua Villa San Luis en la comuna de Las Condes, ha tenido como uno de sus protagonistas a Miguel Lawner, ex alumno y docente de la Universidad de Chile.

So what about Politics?–Call for contributions (iMAL Brussels, Nov. 3/4, 2017)

“If the past 10 years have been about discovering post-institutional social models on the Web, then the next 10 years will be about applying them to the real world.” Chris Anderson, 2010, www.wired.com)

Widok na potrzeby obywateli? Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji uruchamia nowy portal ze statystykami e-usług

Liczba zrealizowanych e-usług czy statystyka „klikalności” stron ministerstw – Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji uruchomiło pilotażową wersję portalu widok.gov.pl, który ma umożliwiać śledzenie online tego, jak działa e-administracja.

Call for Applications – Research Positions at CCG

The Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi (CCG) invites applications for various research positions across its teams on a full time basis. About the Centre The Centre for Communication Governance is the only academic research centre dedicated to working on information law and policy in India and in a short span […]

Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System

Prof. Jorge L. Contreras gave a talk on a forthcoming paper "Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System" at the "2nd International Conference on Standardisation, Patents and Competition Issues" held on June 10 and11, 2017 in New Delhi. The conference was organized by OP Jindal University.

Open data on universities – New fuel for transformation

François van Schalkwyk at University World News: “Accessible, usable and relevant open data on South African universities makes it possible for a wide range of stakeholders to monitor, advise and challenge the transformation of South Africa’s universities from an informed perspective.

Indicadores de Governança da Internet e suas Possibilidades de Apropriação Retórica pelo Sul Global

Considerações iniciais

Licenciamento ambiental norte-americano é alvo de estudo em novo livro da FGV Direito Rio

A obra é de autoria de Romilson de Almeida VolotãoA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) lançou, no dia 10 de julho, o livro “Direito Regulatório, Governança e Licenciamento Ambiental: Soluções para o Aperfeiçoamento do Licenciamento Ambiental Brasileiro”. A obra, de autoria de Romilson de Almeida Volotão, analisa as questões do direito regulatório e do licenciamento ambiental norte-americano e faz uma comparação com a legislação atualmente aplicada para o tema no Brasil.

Features of Parliamentary Websites in Selected Jurisdictions

Report by The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Center: “In recent years, parliaments around the world have enhanced their websites in order to improve access to legislative information and other parliamentary resources. Innovative features allow constituents and researchers to locate and utilize detailed information on laws and lawmaking in various ways. These include tracking tools and alerts, apps, the use of open data technology, and different search functions.

Formalised data citation practices would encourage more authors to make their data available for reuse

 Hyoungjoo Park and Dietmar Wolfram at the LSE Impact Blog: “Today’s researchers work in a heavily data-intensive and collaborative environment in order to further scientific discovery across and within fields. It is becoming routine for researchers (i.e.

Columna: "A propósito de las elecciones primarias del 2 de julio"

Tras las primarias presidenciales realizadas el pasado domingo 2 de julio, el académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Octavio Avendaño, indica que éstas "evidenciaron la debilidad e imposibilidad que ha existido, dese 1989, en aquellas agrupaciones que han insistido en presentar una opción de izquierda alternativa a la Nueva Mayoría", potenciales debilidades a las que alude el sociólogo en esta columna de opinión donde también repasa qué ocurrió con Chile Vamos y el Frente Amplio.Las elecciones primarias del día domingo 2 de julio evidenciaron que el antipartidismo y

Taller vincula la Ingeniería Industrial con el desarrollo social

Dieciocho fueron las iniciativas que un centenar de estudiantes trabajaron durante el primer semestre en el marco del Taller de Ingeniería Industrial, abarcando áreas como educación, salud, reinserción, medio ambiente y deporte. Surgido en 1997, este curso introductorio busca situar a los futuros ingenieros en el mundo de hoy, entregando metodologías para el desarrollo de habilidades, y conocimientos sobre el campo de acción de su disciplina."Nuestra invitación es a que los alumnos salgan y vivan la sociedad. El módulo de proyectos sociales ha sido un éxito.