OECD e-government studies : reaping the benefits of ICTs in Spain : strategic study on communication infrastructure and paperless administration

This study examines the Spanish Information Society strategy plan Avanza 2. Upon request from Spain, focus has been on two selected perspectives corresponding to overall objectives of the Plan Avanza 2: Improving the communication infrastructures and achieving a paperless administration. The e-government section on a paperless administration is grounded in the two areas of e-taxation and e-justice. Thus the study is not a comprehensive review of Plan Avanza 2 - only of selected parts. Read more...

Hailed as a means to transform cultural norms and change lives, violence prevention programs signal a slow-rolling policy revolution that has reached nearly two-thirds of young people in the United States today. Max A. Greenberg takes us inside the booming market forprogramming and onto the asphalt campuses of Los Angeles where these programs areimplemented, many just one hour a week for 12 weeks. He spotlights how these ephemeral programs, built on troves of risk data, are disconnected from the lived experiences of the young people they were created to support. Going beyond the narrow stories told about at-risk youth through data and in policy, Greenberg sketches a vivid portrait of young men and women coming of age and forming relationships in a world of abidingharm and fleeting, fragmented support.At the same time, Greenberg maps the minefield of historical and structural inequalities that program facilitators must navigate to build meaningful connections with the youth they serve. Taken together, these programs shape the stories and politics of a generation and reveal how social policy can go wrong when it ignores the lives of young people.

Foreword Table of contents Executive summary Executive summary in Spanish Introduction Information society strategies: Plan Avanza and Plan Avanza 2 Scope and focus of this study Structure of the report Notes Bibliography Communication infrastructure Spain's telecommunication infrastructure in context Recent developments in the Spanish telecommunications market Assessment of Spanish action in communication infrastructure Universal service reform and the need for a national broadband plan Key assessments and proposals for action Notes Bibliography. E-government: Reforming through information and communication technologiesE-government -- towards a paperless public administration The Spanish e-government strategy Digitising taxation, the early mover Digital justice or modernising for a new social deal Examples of good practice in e-government Key assessments and proposals for action Notes Bibliography.