Innovating Government: Normative, Policy and Technological Dimensions of Modern Government (Information Technology and Law Series Book 20)

The aim of this book is to analyze four dimensions of innovating government and the use of new technologies: legal, ethical, policy and technological dimensions. By joining authors from a diversity of backgrounds (law, ethics, public administration, political science, sociology, communications science, information science, and computer science) in one book, readers (academics, policy makers, legislators and others) are confronted with a variety of disciplinary perspectives on persistent themes, like privacy, biometrics, surveillance, e-democracy, electronic government, and identity management, that are central to today ́ s evolution of new modes of modern government Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Innovating Government: An Introduction to the Book....Pages 1-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Privacy 3.0....Pages 17-28 Normative Assumptions in Biometrics: On Bodily Differences and Automated Classifications....Pages 29-40 Electronic Exchange of Signals on Youth at Risk: A Value Perspective....Pages 41-56 Regulating Invisible Harms....Pages 57-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 The Single Point of Failure....Pages 77-99 Electronic Voting: Approaches, Strategies, and Policy Issues—A Report from Switzerland....Pages 101-128 Striving Behind the Shadow: The Dawn of Spanish Politics 2.0....Pages 129-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 The Normality of Living in Surveillance Societies....Pages 151-164 The Evolution of New Technologies of Surveillance in Children’s Services in England....Pages 165-182 Electronic Child Records in The Netherlands: A Legitimate Path to Right Wrongs?....Pages 183-196 Legitimacy Issues Regarding Citizen Surveillance: The Case of ANPR Technology in Dutch Policing....Pages 197-216 The Introduction of Biometrics in The Netherlands: An Evaluation Under Data Protection and Administrative Law....Pages 217-228 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 The Use of Biometrics at the Borders: A European Policy and Law Perspective....Pages 231-249 Privacy and Data Protection Aspects of e-Government Identity Management....Pages 251-282 eHealth from a Dutch Perspective....Pages 283-313 Implementation of the EU Services Directive: On eGovernment in a Decentralized Unitary State....Pages 315-327 The Impact of Europe on Geo-Information....Pages 329-343 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Sharing Information between Government Agencies: Some Legal Challenges Associated with Semantic Interoperability....Pages 347-361 Public Information Infrastructures and Identity Fraud....Pages 363-381 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Access to Law in Europe....Pages 383-398 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Identity Theft and Fraud....Pages 401-416 Front Matter....Pages 417-417 Biometrics and Smart Cards in Identity Management....Pages 419-438 How Devices Transform Voting....Pages 439-452 Front Matter....Pages 453-453 A Brave New Government?....Pages 455-466 Governments radically change under the influence of technology. As a result, our lives in interaction with public sector bodies are easier. But the creation of an electronic government also makes us more vulnerable and dependent. Dependent not just on technology itself, but also on the organizations within government that apply technology, collect and use citizen-related information and often demand the citizens submit themselves to technological applications. This book analyzes the legal, ethical, policy and technological dimensions of innovating government. Authors from diverse backgrounds confront the reader with a variety of disciplinary perspectives on persistent themes, like privacy, biometrics, surveillance, e-democracy, electronic government, and identity management. Clearly, the use of technology by governments demands that choices are made. In the search for guiding principles therein, an in-depth understanding of the developments related to electronic government is necessary. This book contributes to this understanding. This book is valuable to academics and practitioners in a wide variety of fields such as public administration and ICT, sociology, political science, communications science, ethics and philosophy. It is also a useful tool for policymakers at the national and international level. Simone van der Hof is Associate Professor at TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society), Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Marga Groothuis is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of Leiden University in the Netherlands. Specific to this book: Offers the reader a clear structure Enables the reader to see across disciplinary borders Offers an in-depth insight into new modes of government in various policy domains This is Volume 20 in the Information Technology and Law (IT&Law) Series