TRANSNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT (TDG): The Future in the Near-Term

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TRANSNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT (TDG) The
Future in the Near-Term
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Transnational Digital Government (TDG) A
SCENARIO

• 1. Two men arrive at a remote border port of
  entry. Immigration official queries headquarters.
  Technologies Voice recognition / Security
  privacy technology access to central database.
• 2. Belizes central immigration computer grants
  access to immigration official.
• Technologies Voice recognition /
  security-privacy / information filtering /
  networking / Internet technologies / machine
  translation

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Transnational Digital Government A SCENARIO

• 3. Belize computer queries the Dominican
  Republic. Dominican Republic finds and transmits
  files to Belize
• Technologies Machine translation / network
  optimization technology / Security privacy /
  Internet and middleware technology.
• 4. Belizes central computer communicates with
  the immigration official at the remote border.
• Technologies Information filtering / voice
  communication / automatic commands based on data
  received.
• 5. Belizes central computer alerts the police.
• Technologies Voice recognition / network
  technology / Internet technology

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Transnational Digital Government Project

• 3 years US1,500,000
• Financed by U.S. National Science Foundation
  (NSF)
• Evolution
• CICADs 1999 approval in Montevideo of the
  construction of a hemispheric-wide drug
  information network using advanced information
  technology
• NSF desire to solve real world problems through
  information technology research

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TRANSNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT

• Governments doing business with each other,
  collaborating, and sharing information using
  technology -- digitally-based technology
• Neighbors sharing information with neighbors --
  health officials to health officials health
  officials to police police to police

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DIGITAL GOVERNMENT the way of organizing and
providing for a societys essential objectives
utilizing digital technology

• collective security
• justice administration
• health and education
• economic infrastructure
• group participation and assent

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DIGITAL GOVERNMENT

• Carrying out public sector functions using
  computers and other digital technologies
• Integration of information from multiple
  locations and the innovative delivery of services
  through the provision of access over the Web.
• Citizen access to government information and
  services.

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FOCUS

• The challenge is maintaining the primary
  focus on government functions and not on the
  technologies. In implementing digital government
  it is advisable for agencies/ministries to keep 3
  questions in mind
• What public functions are we responsible for?
• How can we responsibly transform our current
  business models while incorporating new and
  emerging technologies?
• Are these new business models reflective of the
  collective concerns and priorities of the public?

Theresa A. Pardo, http//www.cisp.org/imp/october_
2000/10_00pardo.htm
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NSF / CICAD CollaborationforTransnational
Digital Government 2002 Project in
TRANSNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT STATUS IN
EXECUTION
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TDG Colaborators

• OAS/CICAD/OID
• Belize
• National Drug Abuse Control Council (NDACC)
• University of Belize
• Dominican Republic
• Consejo Nacional de Drogas (CND)
• Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
• United States
• University of Florida
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Colorado
• Carnegie Melon University
• North Carolina State University

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TDG The function

• IMMIGRATION AT POINTS OF ENTRY
• SUPPORT FOR MEM DISPLACEMENT INDICATOR 83

• REMOTE BORDER CONTROL

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TDGTechnologies Being Tested

• Spoken dialogue systems to collect, access and
  retrieve information
• Machine translation technology to gather and
  share data in different languages
• Active data management and security techniques
  for rule-based secure data sharing and filtering
• Network behavior modeling and optimization to
  deliver high quality service with no crashes or
  down time
• Middleware for transnational (heterogeneous)
  information grids that enable private, secure and
  dependable automation of collaboration processes
  and policies, and the delivery of computing
  services through Internet portals.

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TDG Steps in project execution

• Takes a public function
• Examines its organization, use and relationships
  within national borders and across two countries
• Researches the application of selected digital
  technolgies to the public function selected, to
  improve effectiveness
• Builds a research pilot prototype for applying
  the technologies to the public function for
  national and transnational application
• Applies the prototype in a selected area in both
  countries and facilitates exchange of information
  between them.
• Projects the technologies suitability for the
  modernization of other public functions.

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TDGThe Beneficiaries

• National Drug Councils
• National ministries
• CICAD
• MEM
• Agencies of other OAS Member States

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TDGPotential Applications Utilizing Project
Technologies

• School surveys and their automation
• Treatment Center patient data intake
• Data export

• Field data gathering
• Outreach and information dissemination efforts