Abstract
The purpose of this study is the development of a citizen-centric framework for the evaluation of local e-government projects that is validated in the context of Greek municipalities. The proposed model consists of four categories, 14 factors/indices and 83 criteria. The framework incorporates the different aspects of e-government as well as e-democracy. To develop and validate the model two research undertakings were conducted: one survey that captured citizens’ opinions about the important e-government features and a website analysis to inquire about the level of e-government sophistication of Greek local government websites. Results of citizens’ survey served as input for the weighting of the model metrics. The analysis of the Greek municipal websites indicated that municipalities performed moderately well with regard to the disclosure of one-way information while they scored low in the provision of online services for citizens and businesses and the opportunities offered for citizens’ interaction and participation.
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This research has been co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: ARCHIMEDES III. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund.
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Lappas, G., Triantafillidou, A., Yannas, P., Kleftodimos, A. (2015). Local E-Government and E-Democracy: An Evaluation of Greek Municipalities. In: Katsikas, S., Sideridis, A. (eds) E-Democracy – Citizen Rights in the World of the New Computing Paradigms. e-Democracy 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 570. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27164-4_10
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