Government Online

This blog will comment on government websites in Canada – mostly those operated by federal, provincial and territorial authorities, with less attention given to municipalities (and maybe an occasional glance at a school board or crown corporation site). From a citizen's viewpoint, how well do these work? What should they be doing better?

14 January 2007

Alberta's Online Encyclopedia

Have you looked at Alberta's Online Encyclopedia? "Did you know that Alberta has more purpose-built content on the World Wide Web than any other Canadian province? Alberta is also the first province to have an online encyclopedia..."

# posted by Ambrose Bierce @ 1/14/2007 10:51:00 a.m.  UTC  

Links

• • Bourque Newswatch
• • Michael Geist
• • Paul Wells
• • Jack Kapica
• • Antonia Zerbisias
• • Rebecca Blood
• • Joi Ito
• • David Weinberger
• • Somena Media
• • Mark Glaser
• • CBC Political Forums
• • CBC Offers Political Forums for Every Precinct
• • "No Horse" by Garth Turner
• • Garth Turner, MP
• • Graham Steele, MLA
• • Jon Gerrard, MLA
• • Bob Simpson MLA
• • Elwin Hermanson, MLA
• • Alberta Liberal Opposition's blog
• • Coutts Education News
• • Donald Moses
• • This Magazine's blog
• • Hansard Association of Canada
• • Policy and Participation on the Canadian Information Highway
• • A Canadian Right to Communicate?
• • Citizens at the Crossroads: The Right to Communicate
• • The Digital Divide in the Liberal State: A Canadian Perspective
• • Government of Canada Internet Guide
• • Canadian Government: Common Look and Feel for the Internet
• • Canadian Government: Website Content Standards
• • Canadian Government: Information Management Portal
• • Canadian Government: Government On-Line 2006
• • Canadian Government: Canada's World Leadership in e-Government
• • Government of Canada: Orders in Council
• • Province of Manitoba: Website Development Standards
• • Province of Alberta: Website Standards
• • Province of Nova Scotia: Website Design and Content Standards
• • Association of Municipalities of Ontario
• • Your Local Government: How Municipal Governments Work in Ontario
• • Canadian Taxpayers Federation
• • Canadian Blog Exchange
• • Peace, Order and Good Government, Eh?
• • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• • Web Accessibility Survey Site
• • Exploring Users' Experiences of the Web
• • First Monday
• • All-Blogs.net Directory
• • Google News



• United States:
• • 2005: Delaware State Website Ranked Best in USA
• • United States Center for Digital Government: Best Websites 2005
• • Center for Digital Government: Best Websites 2004
• • Center for Digital Government: Best Websites 2003
• • Center for Digital Government: Best Websites 2002
• • Center for Digital Government: Digital Cities Survey 2005
• • Center for Digital Government: Digital Counties Survey 2005
• • Web Standards Project
• • Website Accessibility Policy, United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
• • Assessing the Accessibility of Fifty United States Government Web Pages
• • Website Accessibility Information, DEQ Arkansas
• • Design Choices Can Cripple a Website
• • Helping Your Website Visitors (websites are hard to navigate)



• Australia:
• • Website Accessibility Policy DVA Australia
• • OZCHI 2006, Sydney



• United Kingdom:
• • Quality Framework for UK government website design
• • Website Accessibility Policy, Department of Health, England
• • Clackmannanshire Council Website wins top Prize
• • Clackmannanshire Council Website Acessibility Policy
• • Website Accessibility Policy, David Miliband, MP
• • E-Deliberation and Local Governance, Computer-Mediated Communication in Local Democratic Participation in the United Kingdom



• United Nations:
• • Index: UNPAN Reports on Digital Governance
• • UNPAN: 100 Cities Survey on E-Government 2005
  Toronto was ninth worldwide.
  (pdf 24 pages)
• • UNPAN press release: Survey on E-government in 100 Large Cities Worldwide 2003
  This survey examined the largest city in each of 98 countries... Toronto was tenth worldwide...
  (pdf 2 pages)
• • 2005: A United Nations Assessment of Municipal Websites Throughout the World
  Digital governance includes both digital government (delivery of public service) and digital democracy (citizen participation in governance). We analyzed security, usability, and content of websites, the type of online services currently being offered, and citizen response and participation through websites established by city governments...
  (pdf 111 pages)
• • Second Sino-U.S. International Conference: Public Administration in the Changing World (pdf 421 pages)



• Europe:
• • Website Design Standards, European Public Health Alliance



• Other:
• • E-Governance Institute Ranks Digital Governance Worldwide

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