Open government and electronic government: Some considerations

Abstract

Knowledge and innovation are hailed as an important advantage. The contribution considers two trends with promising innovation aspects, namely Open Government and Electronic Government. Both trends are interconnected caused by being based on fairly similar prospects. Although the standpoints are in some way similar the resulting views are diverging. The contribution deliberates mutually influences of both areas under discussion. In concrete, one locates sustaining and reinforcing impacts as well as disturbances and frictions. Finally, some links are considered, so participatory activities, social media and mobile communication. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.