Endnotes

¹ The Economist, May 2004 "E-Commerce Takes Off", 14-Page Special Report, May 15-21 2004.

² World Public Sector Report 2003: E-government at the Crossroads (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.H.3).

³ European Union, European Governance: A White Paper, <http://europa.eu.int/comm/governance/ index_en.htm>*

⁴ European Union, Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: The Role of eGovernment for Europe's Future," <http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/2005/doc/all_about/ egov_communication_en.pdf>*.

⁵ World Public Sector Report 2003: E-government at the Crossroads (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.H.3); C. Guillemin, "E-administration: la France au spetième rang mondial selon l'ONU", ZDNet France, 5 November 2003, <http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39128877,00.htm>*.

⁶ See, Economist Intelligence Unit, "The 2003 e-readiness ranking", written in cooperation with IBM ; also, Darrel M. West, "Global E-Government, 2003, Center for Public Policy, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, <http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt03int.html>*.

⁷ As of 2004 the name has been changed to Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

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