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Would such blogging in a Government office be appropriate? Why or why not?

Blogging has its relevance in supporting electronic government only if it is accepted within that localized setup and is strictly monitored and controlled by the inherent information systems. Now let us see how blogging would support electronic government initiatives in such a localized setup (Homburg V., 2008).

The pre-requisite in using blogging as a part of [...]

Establishing the capability for employees of a local or national government to blog about their work life and access their Facebook accounts during work hours constitute Electronic government?

This clearly does not constitute electronic government in US and most of the world’s government context. The focus of electronic government is to use technology to effect automation and coordinated function of specific rules, processes or procedures so that it leads to measurable outputs as expected by the inherent e-government policy or Acts.

If we take [...]

Will Rohr’s secular writings about Government change in the present?

If Rohr would have written his book in the present year, it would have a clear shift from the focus on defining what a perfect public administrative function is (which focused on employees themselves) to defining how a public administration be made more fruitful in satisfying the original essence of Constitution to bring about effective [...]

Did the state of technology generally available when the scholarly authors wrote affect the topics on which they wrote and their assumptions about government?

This reading materials as listed in the Bibliography, sets the stage for deeply analyzing the origins of the most long lasting government setup of the world and how does one appreciate Lincoln’s far reaching vision of – ‘a government of the people, by the people, for the people’ – as related to various points of [...]

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A revolutionary supposition – Advice for improved Education system

The educational system should revise the curriculum according to the current technology demands in the society and to build creativity of students. I think the engineering schools in US are already doing it. If not, it is sad and the management should take necessary actions to consult the industry and experts to see what subjects [...]

Should funding be available for social impacts research when it is not likely to lead to new innovations?

I think we should encourage funding on social impact research as it would lead us to explore and find answers to long disputed or rather complex issues. One major area in which funding can be flown in can be reaching out of computers and Internet in mass usage in the rural and village areas (talking [...]

Modifying World Trade Organization’s TRIPS agreement?

Here is another analysis article on a widely asked question – “Should treaties like the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS agreement be modified so developing countries can ignore software patents without facing WTO retaliatory measures?” Read along..

In my opinion, IPR should be preserved anywhere in the world. Making strict TRIP regulations has its major advantage in [...]

Should the US patent process be revised as suggested in S 1145 and HR 1908?

Here is an interesting analysis article (short and sweet as we say) on “Should the US patent process be revised as suggested in S 1145 and HR 1908?”. Read along ..

I think this move is a right one since it will help harmonizing with the method followed by European Union, where they follow first-to-file system. This will [...]

Should the Linux and Open Source communities be protected from software patent challenges?

Here is an short and to-the-point article on a most debated topic that I would want everyone to focus on now – “Should the Linux and Open Source communities be protected from software patent challenges?”.

As a matter of fact, if we look deeply into the patents that various companies says Linux Kernel has violated, there [...]