<div dir="ltr"><div style>Dear all,</div><div style><br></div>A<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> global study '<b>Digital Governance in
Municipalities Worldwide</b> (2011-12). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Fifth Global
E-Governance Survey'</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> of the performance of municipal
e-governance was conducted jointly by the E-Governance Institute in the School
of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and the
Department of Political Science at Kent State University. The survey evaluated
websites of around 100 municipalities worldwide in terms of privacy, usability,
content, services, and citizen and social engagement, and ranked the cities on
a global scale. Co-sponsored by the Public Technology Institute. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">As a direct result of
the innovative use of e-governance, top ranked municipalities provide their
citizens with opportunities to participate in governmental processes, including
well-organized and systematic opportunities to submit their ideas and suggestions
on proposed policies via policy forums, enabling government administrators and
elected officials to respond directly to citizen action when establishing
public policies</span><span style="line-height:16.8pt"> </span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://publiccommons.ca/public/uploads/literature/Digital_Governance_in_Municipalities_Worldwide_2011-12.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://publiccommons.ca/public/uploads/literature/Digital_Governance_in_Municipalities_Worldwide_2011-12.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.8pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Top 20 Cities in Digital Governance Worldwide</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>
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<i>Ranking City, Score</i><br></span></p><p></p><p><span lang="EN-US">1 Seoul 82.23
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">2 Toronto 64.31 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">3 Madrid 63.63
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">4 Prague 61.72 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">5 Hong Kong 60.81 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">6 New York 60.49 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">7 Stockholm 60.26 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">8 Bratislava 56.74
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">9 London
56.19 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">10 Shanghai 55.49 </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">11 Vilnius
55.35</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">12 Vienna 54.79</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">13 Helsinki 54.22</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">14 Auckland
53.19</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">15 Dubai 53.18</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">16 Singapore 52.21</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">17 Moscow 51.77</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">18 Copenhagen 50.06</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">19 Yerevan 49.97</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">20 Paris 48.65</span></p><p></p><p></p>
<p><a href="http://publiccommons.ca/public/uploads/literature/Digital_Governance_in_Municipalities_Worldwide_2011-12.pdf" style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://publiccommons.ca/public/uploads/literature/Digital_Governance_in_Municipalities_Worldwide_2011-12.pdf</span></a></p>
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