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Smart e-Government in the Era of Social Network Service. By Ahn , Moon Suk Ph.D Professor Emeritus of the Korea University ahnms@korea.ac.kr. Experiences of Speaker. Co-chairman (with Prime Minister), Government Regulation Reform Committee.
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Smart e-Government in the Era of Social Network Service By Ahn, Moon Suk Ph.D Professor Emeritus of the Korea University ahnms@korea.ac.kr
Experiences of Speaker Co-chairman (with Prime Minister),Government Regulation Reform Committee Chairman,Government Digital Convergence Committee of Broadcasting and Telecommunication Chairman,Presidential Special Committee of e-Government of Korea
Historical Facts found from the Korean e-Government • Scope of e-Government depended on Information Technology of the time. • Contents of e-Government generated Citizens’ Needs on the next generation e-Government. • New needs triggered IT innovations. • Punched Card System -> batch processing jobs. • On-line Real Time Processing; remote service via government computer network. • Wide Use of Internet: connection of government computer network and private Internet users. G4C • Digital Conversion; Data, Network, Device: App-based diverse mobile service. • Contents of e-Government changed the government administrative paradigm.
Information Technology of the Future e-Government • SNS ** • SMS ** • Cloud Computing • Super Computing • Big Data Analytics • 3D Printing • Web 2.0 paradigm, that is, Participation, Open, and Sharing.
Social Network Service: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube • SNS is… • Changing Network: From Computer Network to Human Network. • to realize ‘Clonism’ in the next generation government. • Definition of Clonism: • ‘any part (elements) of a system contains all information of other parts of the system, and the whole had all information of each and every parts’. • Any one person’s pains or happiness become pains or happiness of all human beings on the Earth. • This is the third system philosophy that I claim. The Methodological Individualism and the Holism are the two philosophies.
Implications of SNS on future e-Government • SNS is changing paradigm of e-government • Participatory, open, and sharing government. • SMS is affecting on Citizens’ Needs on the next e-Government: • Citizens’ need changes from Standardized Government Service to Individually Customized Service. • Citizens’ need changes from Uniform Service to Diverse Service. • SNS affects on government policy making process. Policy focus changes from “silent majority to ‘noisy few’”. • ‘Smart Government’ should accommodate the changes.
Smart Government: Future e-Government Responsive Government: - Individually customized service. - Diverse service. Participatory Government: - Open and Transparent Government. Intelligent Government: - Prepare in advance: Early Warning System - Not repeat the same mistakes. - Problem-solving capability.
How to Build the Smart Government? • Prosumer(=producer + consumer) Approach: • Users develop their own Apps for receiving services. • Citizen-centered development Approach: • Users… • Role of Government: • Government Opens Public Database to People. • Government guarantees Easy Communication to/from Citizens is essential via Platform: Platform Government. • Wide Use of Big Data and Super Computer in government policy making.
Anticipated Bottlenecks We can overcome the bottlenecks with the strong leadership from the top decision makers including president. • Negative Aspects of SNS. • Reluctance of Data Sharing among government organizations. • Wide Citizen Participation with Poor Governance may lead to Group Stupidity rather than Group Intelligence. • Past Experience: Automation may result in ‘Growth without Employment’.
Implication of Smart Government for Developing Nations • Smart Government is Inevitable and Necessary Stage in e-Government Evolution Process. • Chance of developing-countries becoming winners is here. • Competition just began :All are in starting line now. • If you do not participate in preparation of the next generation smart government, you will be loser. • Gerschenkron’sHypothesis can be applied in Smart Government. • Late-comers would become forerunners if they prepare the new technology in advance.
Conclusion • Next e-government is smart government. • Human-centered government of warm hearts will be realized in smart government. • In the world of Clonism, smart government is the solution for building better world.