dimecres, 20 de desembre del 2006
VIII AECPA Meeting - Valencia, 19-21 sept. 2007
The AECPA (Spanish association for Political Science and Public Administration) has opened the call for workshops to be held during our VIII Meeting.
I'm planning to present a proposal for a workshop devoted to "The electronic voting: the last electoral revolution".
What I actually need is to have pre-proposals of papers to be included in the workshop, and all approaches are welcome: legal, technical, social, political... Please e-mail me your manifestation of interest ASAP, as the deadline to submit my workshop proposal is 20th january.
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Estimados colegas,
La AECPA acaba de abrir el proceso de "call for workshops" para nuestro VIII Congreso. Estoy planeando la presentación de una propuesta de workshop dedicado a "El voto electrónico: la última revolución electoral".
Lo que actualmente necesitoo es contar con pre-propusetas de ponencias para su inclusión en el workshop, y todas las aproximaciones serán bienvenidas: jurídica, técnica, social, politica.... Por favor, mándadme un correo-e con vuestra expresión de interés lo antes posible, puesto que el plazo para mandar mi propuesta de workshop termina el 20 de enero.
dijous, 14 de desembre del 2006
Fotografías de Venezuela + Informe Preliminar UE
dimecres, 13 de desembre del 2006
Radio France Internationale
Podeu escoltar el programa a:
http://www.rfi.fr/actues/articles/084/article_2914.asp
dimarts, 12 de desembre del 2006
Cómo mejorar el sistema de votación en Venezuela (I)
diumenge, 10 de desembre del 2006
Informe del OVE sobre Venezuela - OVE's Report on Venezuela
dijous, 23 de novembre del 2006
Los eternos problemas de seguridad...
dimecres, 22 de novembre del 2006
Misión de observación en Venezuela
dimecres, 15 de novembre del 2006
OSCE observation mission in Netherlands
diumenge, 5 de novembre del 2006
En contra del voto electrónico
dijous, 2 de novembre del 2006
Los blogs de los parlamentarios catalanes
dijous, 26 d’octubre del 2006
Freno al voto electrónico en Canadá
Voici une nouvelle qui devrait vous intéresser : Des scrutins à jamais entachés http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2006/10/24/005-dge-rapport.shtml
«Le directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ) conclut dans son rapport sur les élections municipales du 6 novembre 2005 que le recours au vote électronique s'est révélé une entreprise plus hasardeuse qu'anticipée. En fait, selon Me Marcel Blanchet, les ratés et les dérapages ont été tels qu'il ne peut garantir que les résultats électoraux des quelque 140 municipalités... »
Le rapport est ici : http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/nouvelleDetail.asp?id=92&typeN=1
dimarts, 24 d’octubre del 2006
Conference in Tallinn
Detailed programme at
www.ega.ee
dijous, 19 d’octubre del 2006
Otra oportunidad perdida
dissabte, 14 d’octubre del 2006
Urna electrónica brasileña
dimarts, 27 de juny del 2006
Publicación en THEN: Journal
Este es el enlace: http://www.thenjournal.org/feature/109/
diumenge, 25 de juny del 2006
Informe anual: Sociedad de la Información Europea
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/es/com/2006/com2006_0215es01.pdf
dijous, 22 de juny del 2006
Democracia electrònica, participació política i societat de la informació i del coneixement
dimarts, 20 de juny del 2006
Online political organizing: lessons from the field
Source: Computer Supported Cooperative Work archive
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work table of contents
Chicago, Illinois, USA
PANEL SESSION: Panel table of contents
Pages: 59 - 62
Year of Publication: 2004 ; ISBN:1-58113-810-5
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Keri Carpenter University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; James Moore Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; Scott Robertson Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; Daniel Drezner University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Ian Benson Sociality Ltd, London, UK ; Kirsten Foot University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Quintus Jett Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH ; Sponsors
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In this panel, a group of practitioners and researchers in the area of online political organizing will present their own research in this area and discuss the relevance of online political organizing to the current political scene - including the U.S. general presidential election, which has just been completed. Panelists come from across the political spectrum and also represent views of the political process in countries other than the United States. What are the tools used in online political organizing? What role do each of these new tools bring to the campaign/election process? How effective have they proven in this election cycle? What is their utility outside the scope of the presidential election cycle? Are they merely "teaser" tools to get people in the door or do they have the potential to facilitate lasting political change in all political arenas large and small? In addition, electronic voting is a current open research area. What do systems need to take into account to assure voters' confidence that their votes are being collected and tallied correctly and securely? What information needs to be presented to the voter at the time of polling to ensure the most effective voting systems available? What do we know at this point and where are the future research areas that need scrutiny? Each panelist will present their current research related to this area and comment on the ways in which their findings add to the current body of knowledge. Particular attention will be paid to articulating research streams that currently need to be addressed and positing methods to address these open research questions.
dimecres, 14 de juny del 2006
Editorial New York Times: Life During Wartime
Reading a small group of Iraqi bloggers who began posting for The Times has helped to fill one of the big gaps in Americans' view of the war in Iraq.
Editorial
Life During Wartime
Published: June 13, 2006
About the time the 2006 New Year's confetti was being swept away from Times Square, a small group of Iraqi bloggers began posting for The Times. "It is a new year, but it is not a happy one," said a 57-year-old doctor who called himself Truth Teller.
Reading the bloggers has helped to fill one of the big gaps in Americans' view of the war in Iraq. Danger in the streets and security fears for anyone seen speaking with Western reporters has made it increasingly hard to get real glimpses of what it's like for the people who have to live there.
At the beginning of the year, the bloggers' complaints were less about car bombs than power failures, black-market fuel and a curfew that didn't allow for much, if any, celebrating. But not always. In January, Zeyad, a Baghdad dentist, wrote: "Over the past two years, I have crawled away from two armed clashes and one carjacking incident; I have witnessed two people being shot in the head and one young kid who had been sprayed by bullets begging my friends and me to take him to the hospital ... and just recently, an American sniper shot right at me and missed on a Baghdad highway for no apparent reason when we pulled over behind their convoy. My taxi driver tried to comfort me by saying it was probably just a rubber bullet."
In May, when three of the bloggers returned — joined by one Iraqi-American writer — their postings had changed. There was less talk of shoddy infrastructure and running for cover from American soldiers, and more fear of radical Islamists and the Sunni and Shiite death squads bringing terror to their neighborhoods. The watershed they referred to repeatedly was the destruction of the golden dome of the Askariya mosque in Samarra, a revered Shiite shrine, on Feb. 22. The bloggers also wrote more about the increasing presence of Taliban-like Islamists, violently imposing restrictions on the Baghdad residents. "These are people who are enforcing their rules by death threats," Hassan, a college student, wrote in May.
Hassan wrote of his 6-year-old sister, who was not allowed to go out to play because her family feared she would be kidnapped or killed. His sister "has never gone to a zoo" and "has only gone to a playground once." Zeyad told the harrowing tale of witnessing the execution of a local generator operator: "When I tried to turn him over so they could carry him into a car, my hands touched his blood-soaked shirt. I could now see that he was shot four times in the chest. There was also a bag nearby with a box of peaches, medication and a Pepsi bottle; he was obviously going to take that home to his kids. I stared in his anguished face again, then at my bloody hands. And that was when I momentarily lost it."
Bloggers, who cannot be fact-checked in normal ways, are no substitute for journalists. But the Iraqis' voices are hypnotic — troubling, fascinating and a critical reminder of the quirky individual humanity of those at the center of what the invasion has unleashed. "[A]midst the blackness of time and the wounds of fate, Iraqis still find a way to crack a smile, even if it hurts," wrote Konfused Kid, a Baghdad college student, at the beginning of the year. "Despite my cynicism, I believe in God (or Allah or whatever you care to name Him), and I pray for the well-being of this country every day. And every day I listen to Metallica and read Philip K. Dick."
"Day to Day in Iraq" can be read online at daytodayiniraq.blogs.nytimes.com.
dimecres, 31 de maig del 2006
Electronic Frontier Foundation
He encontrado esta iniciativa a favor de los "derechos digitales" que viene funcionando con cierto éxito en Estados Unidos.
Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Defending Freedom in the Digital World.
EFF is a nonprofit group of passionate people — lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries — working to protect your digital rights.
From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people's radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
dimarts, 30 de maig del 2006
TallerWeb1.0
International Workshop on Government, Citizens and Innovation
divendres, 26 de maig del 2006
Blogs in Campaign Communication
divendres, 19 de maig del 2006
Seminario: Gobierno y Administración Electrónica
dijous, 18 de maig del 2006
Barreras para el e-government & e-administration
Su estudio pretende identificar los obstáculos clave para obtener los beneficios potenciales del Gobierno y la Administración electrónicos par el uso de Internet y otras tecnologías electrónicas relacionadas para ofrecer servicios públicos e información. Las respuestas serán analizadas para ayudar a los responsables políticos sobre cómo el uso de Internet por los poderes públicos puede mejorar la atención de las necesidades de los ciudadanos, empresas, gobiernos y otros colectivos interesados en el ámbito de la Unión Europea. Las respuestas serán tratadas de forma estrictamente confidencial.
Para responder el cuestionario en inglés, francés, alemán o español, podéis dirigiros a: http://www.egovbarriers.org/?view=survey
dimarts, 16 de maig del 2006
Testing the capacity of ICT to support central government consultation in UK
In recent years, significant piloting of eDemocracy concepts and tools has been conducted at local government and parliamentary levels. The Department for Constitutional Affairs is responsible for developing eDemocracy capacity in central government and is currently collating intelligence to inform an eDemocracy strategy across central government.
In scoping out this strategy, the DCA has commissioned the Hansard Society to assist in piloting eDemocracy techniques and tools across central government departments as part of their communication and consultative processes.
The DCA and Hansard Society will address four main issues during the pilot project:
* How can government improve intra- and inter-departmental communications using information and communication technology?
* How can central government strengthen consultation and interaction with citizens using eDemocracy tools?
* Which eDemocracy techniques and tools are available for use by central government?
* What attitudes and confidence does the public in relation to technology-enabled interaction with the government?
To support this investigation, three web-based platforms associated with eDemocracy will be utilised:
- Weblogs
- Instant messaging
- Online deliberative forums
Government departments will be offered the opportunity to make use of one or more of these platforms in isolation from or in parallel to conventional, offline techniques.
The pilot will report in June 2006. The evaluation of this pilot exercise will help inform government policy on online consultation and participation. It will also contribute to ongoing debates about the contribution technology can make to vibrant and inclusive representative democracy.
dilluns, 15 de maig del 2006
New e-voting research group
More details
www.uncu.edu.ar/contenido/index.php?tid=1&mid=127&itemaction=ampliar&M_Item=10897
dijous, 11 de maig del 2006
Vegadeo Summer Course
More details: orion.ciencias.uniovi.es/~mesa/CursoVegadeo2006/cursoverano.htm
dimarts, 9 de maig del 2006
Italian feedback (II)
www.comune.cremona.it/Article1538.phtml (Cremona Website)
www.election.nl/bizx_html/IVS-GB/ (Nedap Website)
divendres, 5 de maig del 2006
WOTE 2006
More details: www.win.tue.nl/~berry/wote2006/
Cursos de Verano
- Durante los próximos 10 a 14 de julio se desarrollará el curso "Democracia electrónica, participación política y sociedad de la información y el conocimiento", dentro de los Juliols de la Universitat de Barcelona. El curso está codirigido por los Drs. Manuel Medina (Profesor Titular de Filosofía de la Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad de la UB) y Josep Mª Reniu (Profesor Lector de Ciencia Política y de la Administración). Tomarán parte, además de los citados, Rosa Borge (UOC), David Sancho (UPF), Andoni Alonso (U.Extremadura), Javier del Arco (Fundación Vodafone) y Jaume Gatell (Diputación de Barcelona).
- Entre los próximos 17 a 21 de julio se llevará a cabo el curso "Las nuevas tecnologías: ¿El nuevo fuego de Prometo o la vieja caja de Pandora?", dentro de los cursos de verano de la Universidad de Oviedo. el curso está codirigido poer los Drs. Miguel Angel Presno (Profesor Titular de Derecho Constituciional de la Universidad de Oviedo) y Santiago Ibáñez (Profesor Titular de Matemática Aplicada de la Universidad de Oviedo). Participan, además, Sergio Castro (Ayuntamiento de Oleiros), Rocío Fraga (Pexego Sistemas Informáticos), Javier Fdez. Teruelo (UniOviedo), Juan Salom (Guardia Civil), José Manuel Fdez. Martínez (Trisquel Media), Jesús Mª Rguez. Presedo (USC), Aurelio Junquera (Vegadeo), Ignacio Villaverde (UniOviedo), Lorenzo Cotino (UV) y Juan Antonio García Amado (Unileón).
dijous, 4 de maig del 2006
International Sunbelt Social Network Conference in Vancouver
Authors:
Susan Herring herring@indiana.edu SLIS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
Benjamin Clark, Inna Kouper, John Paolillo SLIS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
Irene Ramos-Vielba Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA
Lois Ann Scheidt, Sharon Stoerger, Elijah Wright
Abstract:
In the past few years, social network analysis has been used to analyze patterns of linking among weblogs (e.g., Herring, et al., 2005), including within large, self-contained blog hosting communities such as LiveJournal (Paolillo & Wright, 2005). A shared language is a sine qua non for meaningful interconnection. Yet although the growth of blogging has resulted in an increase in the number of languages in which people blog, no study has yet considered language in relation to weblog networks. In this paper, we analyze the linguistic diversity of LiveJournal by randomly sampling journals and coding them for language use. For three of the most commonly-found non-English languages—Russian, Portuguese, and Japanese—we crawl the 'friends' links of 30 source journals, coding the languages used in these, and visualizing the resultant networks. Preliminary analysis suggests that, with the exception of Russian, non-English LiveJournals comprise a small minority, and that the three languages analyzed display differing degrees of network density and homogeneity, with Russian being the most homogeneous, followed by Portuguese and then Japanese. We interpret these findings by identifying a set of technical, individual, and societal factors that may predict language choice and cross-journal linking on LiveJournal.
Session:
On-Line Communities B
Keywords:
blogs , linquistics , internet , on-line communities , online communication behavior , visualization , language choice , network mapping
(*) The International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is a major forum for social scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, ethnologists, and others to present current work in the area of social networks. It provides an opportunity for individuals interested in theory, methods, or applications of social networks to share ideas and common concerns.
dimecres, 3 de maig del 2006
2006--year of the blog
Author: Bowman, John
Source: Policy Options/Options Politiques, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 88-90, March 2006
Descriptors: Weblogs -- Political uses; Canada -- Government and politics -- Public opinion; Elections -- Canada
Abstract: The 2006 campaign marked the emergence of blogging as part of the political game in Canada. Bloggers abounded-- professional bloggers like Paul Wells and Andrew Coyne, amateur bloggers with exotic names, bloggers who sought fame and bloggers who insisted on anonymity. Anybody with a Web site can now be a pundit. Bloggers broke some significant stories, even if their facts were sometimes in need of further checking. Bloggers outed Mike Klander after he took down insulting comments from his own juvenile blog, resulting in another really bad day for Paul Martin's Liberals. Bloggers conducted reality checks, formerly the domain of campaign war rooms and newsrooms. John Bowman, who wrote the blog report for the CBC News Online election Web site, assesses their role and their impact on the campaign.
The importance of a (conscious) null vote
dimarts, 2 de maig del 2006
El vot nul polític d'Esquerra
Malgrat les lamentables i sorprenents declaracions d'alguns líders socialistes (De Madre) assenyalant que aquesta opció va en contra de les conquestes democràtiques assolides col·lectivament en les darreres dècades, cal preguntar-se, en relació al vot electrònic, si les plataformes tecnològiques que les empreses ofereixen estarien en disposició d'introduir propostes com la d'Esquerra.
Segurament és possible si es fa un cert esforç tècnic, però cal pensar-hi i sobre tot cal esmerçar-hi temps i esforços. No val però mantindre l'absència de l'opció de vot nul i fins i tot defensar-ho dient que evita els errors dels votants. Casos com el d'Esquerra, o d'altres ben propers com les darreres eleccions municipals basques, demostren que ens trobem amb un aspecte molt millorable dels actuals sistemes electrònics de vot.
diumenge, 30 d’abril del 2006
E-voting pilot in Mexico
divendres, 28 d’abril del 2006
New e-voting site
eVoting in Ghana
The ECEG06 Conference includes an interesting paper about these issues: Electronic Voting: Lessons and Guide for Developing Countries. Adegboyega Ojo, United Nations University, International Institute for Software Technology, Macao / Adetunji Adeshina, Independent National Electoral Commission, FCT Abuja, Nigeria / Charles Ayo, Covenant University, Lagos, Niegeria.
dimecres, 26 d’abril del 2006
eVoting in the Spanish "Guardia Civil"
Unfortunately, this process could be more transparent. For instance, in relation to the audit carried out by an external firm in 2004, the organizers told me last year that "el propio informe ... indica que 'ha sido preparado para su utilización por parte de la Dirección General de la Guardia Civil, así como del personal perteneciente al Instituto Armado de la Guardia Civil' y que 'no debe utilizarse por otras personas o entidades ni para ninguna otra finalidad'".
More details: www.guardiacivil.org/firmadig/index.htm
dilluns, 24 d’abril del 2006
Ciudadanos en Red / Oviedo
dijous, 20 d’abril del 2006
Bregenz Workshop
The earlybird registration is open till April 31st.
dimarts, 18 d’abril del 2006
Vot electrònic a Granada
dijous, 13 d’abril del 2006
Italian feedback
www.lastampa.it/cmstp/rubriche/girata.asp?ID_blog=30&ID_articolo=414&tp=C
dimarts, 11 d’abril del 2006
M-democracia italiana???
dilluns, 10 d’abril del 2006
Vot vs. escrutini electrònic a Itàlia
www.electronic-vote.org/introduzione_it.php
divendres, 17 de març del 2006
E-voting en Victoria -Australia- (Scytl-HP)
Desconocemos si dicha votación electrónica tendrá carácter vinculante o no, y en todo caso el alcance territorial que tendrá la misma (¿algunos colegios, algunos distritos...?) . Podeis visitar la web de la autoridad electoral de Victoria (VEC), aunque sobre el particular no hemos encontrado mayores detalles.
dijous, 9 de febrer del 2006
Voto electrónico en Italia
divendres, 3 de febrer del 2006
E-voting forum in Bahrain
Take a look at the final recommendations made by the Bahrain e-voting forum, and you'll be able to download the presentations of the forum.