A separate article in this issue examines the recent advice received by the government of Ontario from its expert advisory panel on the thorny matter of managing large-scale, transformative IT projects. Like most governments around the world, Ontario has struggled with the formation and management of such projects
In this emerging age of e-government and digital democracy, there is an issue around the evolving nature of citizenship in an online world. Citizenship entails a social contract between governments and their citizens. The essence of this contact is to shape the expectations and actions of both parties
If governments remain tepid in their response to date, one might expect political parties to be a bit bolder in making use of blogs -- and other digital tools -- to both reinvigorate and expand their movements. In this time of a federal minority government, with the potential for an election at any time, the efforts of political parties should be of particular interest. In short, how are political parties adapting to the World Wide Web?