Taiwan Ranks World 2nd in E-government

         In its “Global e-government” survey report for 2006, Brown University of the United States ranks the extent of e-government in Taiwan the second among the 198 countries covered in the study, after only South Korea but ahead of Singapore, the U.S., and Canada.

The study, headed up by Brown’s Prof. Darrell M. West, has been carried out every year since 2001. This year, a total of 1,782 government websites all over the world were investigated and graded on 24 criteria, including disability access, the existence of publications and databases, the presence of privacy policies, security policies, contact information, and number of online services.

This year’s report noted that the design of Taiwan’s government websites is based on public needs, with the Chinese/English “My eGove” website being one of the few government websites anywhere in the world that offer access to information via personal digital assistants (PDAs). This makes it easy for Taiwan residents to acquire the information they need immediately. In addition, the websites of government agencies in Taiwan assure privacy, are bilingual in Chinese and English, are updated frequently, and offer convenient retrieval of electronic reports. For more related information, please visit http://www.insidepolitics.org.

Taiwan’s E-government rankings, 2001-2006

　

Year	Countries Rated	Websites Rated	No. of Indexes	Taiwan’s Grade	Taiwan’s Ranking
2006	198	1,782	24	49.8	2
2005	198	1,797	24	57.2	1
2004	198	1,935	18	44.3	1
2003	198	2,166	19	41.3	5
2002	198	1,197	24	72.5	1
2001	196	2,288	22	52.5	2

Source: http://www.insidepolitics.org 

Back to News Page