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HOTSPOT: BRITISH ELECTIONS. With the British parliamentary elections now
set for June 7, the best place to look for new ways of using the Internet in
politics is to look toward the United Kingdom. In the next few issues of
NetPulse, we'll have a special British elections section to keep you up to
date on what's what. See British Invasion below.
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WHAT'S INSIDE:
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HOTQUOTES: What's being said about hacktivism, scandals, and the marriage
of online politics and democracy.
WHAT'S HOT: There are sites in Britain that offer more than you'd think.
NEAT IDEA: Labour has a creative poster idea.
COOL NUMBERS: Links for new statistics.
DC CONNECTION: Hacking is breaking out all over the place.
IN THE STATES: Briefs from Arkansas, Texas, Florida, Maryland and Virginia.
BRITISH INVASION: The latest from what's going on in the U.K. election
cycle.
THE WORLD'S WIDE WEB: News from China, Slovakia, Korea, Germany, Saudi
Arabia, Iran and New Zealand.
THE TOOLBOX: Online advertising questioned.
SOUNDOFF: Contributor Marc Strassman outlines 12 values for excellence in
e-government.
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HOTQUOTES
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"This Web vandalism - - these newly minted 'hacktivists,' finding their
political roots only after being goaded by the media - - smacks of all the
integrity of someone spray-painting the slogan 'Meat is Murder!' on the side
of McDonald's right after finishing a Big Mac meal, super-sized."
- - - Brock N. Meeks in a May 2 MSNBC commentary on how hacktivists attacked
Chinese Web sites without political overtones until the media coverage of
the spy plane crisis. More: http://www.msnbc.com/news/568036.asp
"If you think you're doing something questionable, hold a news conference
and announce it."
- - - ABC reporter Sam Donaldson in a recent Texas A&M University forum when
asked what people should do if they make a mistake that could affect the
public. Donaldson added that Webcasts and the Internet are the future of
news communication.
"It is certainly not the zealots of technology alone who are to blame for
the fact that the democratic potentials of technology have not yet been
exploited. Cyber-enthusiasts riding the electronic frontier understand
technology well enough but misunderstand democracy completely; democrats
tend either to have ignorant enthusiasm or Luddite extremism. But in the
end, the real challenge is political, not technological, and if democracy is
to benefit from technology we will have to start not with technology but
with politics. Demanding a voice in the making of science and technology
policy is the first step that citizens can take in assuring a genuinely
democratic technology. New technology is only an instrument of
communication. It cannot determine what we will say and to whom we will say
it."
- - - Rutgers University Prof. Benjamin Barber in "The uncertainty of
digital politics," Harvard International Review, Spring 2001.
"Today there are 400 million people around the world who have access to the
Internet. By 2005, there will be more than 1 billion. We can all imagine
the expectations and demands this will impose on government, but also the
possibilities it will bring for improving services and revitalizing
democracy."
- - - UK Minister Graham Stringer in a March 15 speech to the Third Global
Forum on putting government online. More: http://www.globalforum.it
WHAT'S HOT:
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NOT WHAT THEY APPEAR. With the British elections upon us, it's interesting
to note that a bunch of sites are cropping up in the "Mother Country" that
are a little different than what they appear. There are joke and
cybersquatter sites, such as WilliamHague.com (http://www.williamhague.com)
and TonyBlair.co.uk (http://www.tonyblair.co.uk). Then there are attack and
persuasion sites. The Liberal Democrats, for example, reportedly are using
a version of Plaid Cymru's name to try to encourage voters to switch their
allegiance. And there's an "independent" site that's opposed to
Conservative leader William Hague (http://www.stophague.com). To keep up,
go to VoxPolitics (http://www.voxpolitics.com).
NEAT IDEA:
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POSTER CHILDREN. The Labour Party in the U.K. has a new ploy to pay for its
campaign posters. It's using the Web to try to get people to "sponsor" a
poster being put up in their area. By donating 20 pounds, people will be
able to pay for a day of the poster. To see what they're doing, go to:
http://www.labour.org.uk/lp/new/labour/labour.wwv_main.main?p_cornerid=23089
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COOL NUMBERS:
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FEDSTATS. The U.S. government recently launched what's basically a portal
for government statistical information with its new FedStats.Gov
(http://www.fedstats.gov). The site provides access to stats from dozens of
agencies in one place - - just the kind of thing that's needed by the wily
campaign press secretary or message guru.
DIGI-CITY. A recently-released report called "The Metropolitan New Economy
Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the Nation's Metropolitan
Areas" is a ranking of how the 50 top US metro areas are transitioning into
the Information Age, contributor Andrew Cohen writes. The report was
offered by the Progressive Policy Institute and Case Western Reserve
University's Center for Regional Economic Issues. More:
http://www.neweconomyindex.org/metro
ONLINE FREEDOM STATS. Internet freedom generally exceeds the levels of
press freedom, according to a new report by Freedom House
(http://www.freedomhouse.org). Of 131 countries studied, some 44 percent
have "least restrictive" access to the Net, 42 percent are moderately
restrictive and 18 are most restrictive. "Many repressive governments - -
among them Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Zimbabwe - -
place fewer restrictions on Internet access than they do on print and
broadcast media," a news release said.
DC CONNECTION:
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WHITE HOUSE HACKED. The White House Web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov)
was down for more than two hours May 7 following a denial-of-service attack
that blocked access. At the time, investigators were unsure about who
committed the attack, but the security experts from media sources pointed
toward Chinese hackers, according to reports. More: IDG
(http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60283,00.html),
Industry Standard (http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24266,00.html)
CONGRESSIONAL MILESTONES. In a May 4 panel discussion about Congress on the
Internet at the National Press Club, contributor Chris Casey offered a top
10 list of significant milestones that have occurred in the years Congress
has been online. Chris says you can agree or disagree but offers this list
for consideration: http://www.casey.com/hill/10_milestones.html
STATE DEPARTMENT SHUT DOWN. Hackers also broke into and compromised several
internal unclassified State Department servers earlier this month, according
to Newsbytes (http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165605.html). The attack
didn't affect the State Department's main Web site.
SECURITY BREACH. Finally, there's been a three-year-long cyber-security
breach dubbed the "Moonlight Maze" stealth attack that has resulted in the
largest sustained cyberattack on the U.S., according to a security expert
quoted by The Standard
(http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24305,00.html). The attack on
Pentagon computers has left few clues, but U.S. diplomatic officials last
year reportedly lodged complaints with Russian officials because it appeared
the attacks started from Russian domains.
COPS STOPPED. In a new use of the Internet, 19 DC police officers recently
were disciplined after being suspected of sending racist, sexist and
anti-gay e-mails - - from their squad car computers. The officers were
reassigned. The investigation is continuing, according to the Associated
Press
(http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500557974-500796687-50426
9463-0,00.html).
IN THE STATES:
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ARKANSAS. State Republicans are calling foul after they learned state
Democratic leaders bought Internet sites bearing the names of Republican
Gov. Mike Huckabee and U.S. Sen. Tim Richardson, R-Ark., the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette reported May 8. Republicans claim Democrats are preparing
to orchestrate an e-smear campaign next year. Democratic leaders said they
cut ties last year with the person who bought the domains and it planned to
run a clean campaign.
TEXAS. A member of the Grapeville-Colleyville school board will resign
Sept. 1 following his acknowledgement of being involved in sending "scathing
political e-mail" to district employees, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
reported May 3. "Although no laws or policies were broken, I feel that I
have betrayed myself, my community and my district," the school board member
told the paper. "I have certainly violated my own personal ethics and now
fully realize that allowing this e-mail to be sent anonymously was wrong."
The e-mail attacked a candidate for the board.
FLORIDA. This is a story of how rumors in the media and on the Internet
forced a popular politician to deny the rumor - - which made it a mainstream
story. Gov. Jeb Bush recently decided to go public by denying an
oft-repeated Internet rumor that he's been having an affair with a state
official. Bush, the president's brother, said the rumor was a lie, gossip
and hurtful to him and his family. But the episode shows how online rumors
can help set a politician's agenda and keep him or her away from governing.
MARYLAND. The town of Hyattsville will test a new electronic voting system
in the next election, according to The Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2001May2.html). The
town, which will test the eSlate system offered by Hart InterCivic, hopes it
can guard against the types of voting problems that occurred last year in
Florida.
VIRGINIA. The City of Virginia Beach reportedly has one of the best
municipal Web sites in the country, according to the Virginia Pilot. More:
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0416gov.html).
BRITISH INVASION:
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With the British elections now around the corner, lots of folks who care
about how the Internet is used in politics are looking at what's going on in
jolly old England. In addition to a special section on PoliticsOnline's
site (http://www.politicsonline.com), here are some newsbits that will help
you keep up:
VOXPOLITICS ALERT. Every day between now and the election, VoxPolitics
(http://www.voxpolitics.com) provides a daily e-mail summary about what's
going on with the election - - including a lot of Internet-related stuff.
MAJOR PARTY SITES. Each of the three major parties recently launched
campaign-style Websites - - as expected - - but Labour
(http://www.labour.co.uk) got there first. Its new sites include an
interactive map and postcode search that allows users to find out what has
been accomplished in their region. Other sites to view are for
Conservatives (http://www.conservatives.com) and the Liberal Democrats
(http://www.libdems.org.uk).
BRITISH FIRST. Former NetPulse contributor Howard Dawber, now of YouGov.com
and Labour PPS, reportedly launched the "first online party political
broadcast" recently with a five-minute video. More:
http://www.cheadlelabour.org.uk.
DIRTY TRICKS? Labour and Conservative leaders accused each other of dirty
Internet tricks this month, according to the Times
(http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,10-126188,00.html), although others
say it was just a misunderstanding. Labour accused Tories of spamming
voters. But the folks at VoxPolitics say the Tories really sent out a joke
e-mail that was a legitimate political message.
WELSH GROUP MAD. Welsh nationalists in the Plaid Cymru party
(http://www.plaidcymru.org) are perturbed at the Liberal Democrats for
launching an election Web site using a version of the Plaid Cymru name.
But Liberal Democrats say the site is a legitimate campaign tool that gives
reasons to Plaid Cymru members to change their voting loyalty to the Liberal
Democrats. More: The Guardian
(http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election2001/story/0,9029,490763,00.html).
BBC VOTE. The British Broadcasting Corporation has a special election Web
site that is PoliticsOnline's Hot Site of the Week. The site blends
traditional news coverage with explanations about what's going on
politically in the U.K. Visit: Vote 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/vote2001)
WORLD'S WIDE WEB:
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CHINA. According to some, the cyberwar between China and the U.S. following
the spy plane incident never really happened as it could have. According to
other reports, there's been a truce. UPI reported May 9 that there was a
truce between Chinese and American hackers following the April 1 American
spy plane collision with a Chinese fighter jet. American hackers then
reportedly broke into thousands of Chinese sites. In response, Chines
hackers returned fire by defacing parts of major US government sites. But
commentators with The Standard
(http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24309,00.html) and MSNBC
(http://www.msnbc.com/news/568036.asp) suggested that nothing on the scale
of a real online war occurred.
SLOVAKIA. Contributor Stanislav Saling reports that a Slovak non-profit
named PRO EUROPA (http://www.proeuropa.sk) recently launched a campaign for
closing the digital divide and moving government services online. The
campaign includes the launch of Citizen.Sk (http://www.citizen.sk), an
information portal for people to learn about government and municipal
offices.
KOREA. Korean contributor Jae Sik Lim reports the Korean National Assembly
is still doing "up and down" voting even though it has an electronic voting
system. Why? The system has been out of order for five months. The system
has been around since 1997 but has not been used much because of constant
troubles. This contributes to leaders' skepticism about digital politics,
he says.
GERMANY. PoliticsOnline publisher Phil Noble writes that the German Free
Democratic Party recently elected a new 37-year-old leader, Guido
Westerwelle, who got the party to adopt Strategy 18 - - a push to build its
party vote to 18 percent of the nation. Westerwelle, who spoke recently at
a party congress where a big sign for the party's site appeared
(http://www.fdp.de), is former secretary general of the party and is known
for emphasizing the Internet's use in politics. Put this site on your
bookmark list......In other news in Germany, the German Interior Minister
reported recently that plans are being made to allow online voting by some
Germans in 2006. More: CNET
(http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5811497.html?tag=lh)......Also, the
folks at Politik-Digital (http://www.politik-digital.de), who were part of
our top 25 folks changing the political Internet, have started epublick - -
a new network for politics and the Internet in Berlin.
SAUDI ARABIA. Contributor Howard Fienberg writes that news reports are
highlighting that the Saudi government plans to block access to about
200,000 Websites it thinks are offensive. Sites include those critical of
the government and porn sites. More:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_278274.html?menu=news.technology).
IRAN. Iranian authorities have shut down 400 Tehran cybercafes for
providing information that's contrary to Islamic teachings, according to UPI
on May 15.
NEW ZEALAND. This country's parliamentary counsel recently announced that
it will update New Zealand's legislation online and make it available to the
public for the first time for free, according to Newsbytes
(http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165369.html). Also, citizens soon will be
able to pay taxes and register births, deaths, marriages and companies
online. Services should be available by 2004, according to the New Zealand
Herald
(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=technology&thesubsect
ion=&storyID=184949).
THE TOOLBOX:
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ONLINE ADVERTISING QUESTIONED. Contributor Ryan Thornburg points to two new
stories that cast doubt on the use of online banner advertising, which could
have political ramifications. One study
(http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=2995) says new media ads
are less memorable than television ads. Another story
(http://www.statisticalresearch.com/press/pr050301.htm) says pop-up ads are
more memorable than banner ads, but pop-ups are more annoying.
SOUNDOFF:
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A Dozen Things Excellent E-Government Should Be
By Marc Strassman
Contributing editor
LOS ANGELES - - What's e-government? Here are two definitions:
"e-government means 'online, not in line' " and "e-government is the
application of e-commerce technology for the delivery of government services
to citizens."
What constitutes excellence in e-government? Here are my choices:
1. Comprehensive. Citizens should be able to do everything they have to do
or want to do with their government through one e-government portal.
2. Integrated. All e-government applications should be integrated with
each other so that citizens can avoid the need to provide the same data over
and over and governments can save time and money by not needing to re-enter
data.
3. Ubiquitous. Access to a jurisdiction's e-government portal and its
connected sites and applications should be available to users/citizens from
any Internet-capable connection.
4. Transparent/Easy to Use. E-government sites should be designed and
operated so that the most novice of computer users can readily take
advantage of its empowering capacity.
5. Accessible. The design and operation of e-government systems should take
into account the special needs of the disabled, and make it possible for
them to use these systems as easily as the non-disabled.
6. Secure. E-government systems need to protect the confidentiality of all
data. Smart cards, perhaps using biometrics, along with digital
certificates, can be used to provide part of this security.
7. Private. Data about citizen-government transactions needs to be fiercely
protected by the government.
8. Re-engineered. It's necessary to thoroughly evaluate what government
wants to do and build a system that can deliver the requisite functionality
most efficiently.
9. Continuously evolving. E-government sites need to be continuously
upgraded, updated, and modified to suit the citizens' needs, the evolving
structure and agenda of the government, and the latest technology.
10. Fun to use. All else being equal, e-government portals/networks should
be entertaining, aesthetically satisfying, and fun to use.
11. Interoperable. An excellent e-government site is one that provides
up-to-date links to other e-government sites and is functionally integrated
with these sites.
12. Be linked to Internet voting, Smart Initiatives, and Constituent Polling
Systems. E-government systems can just as easily implement democratic,
totalitarian, or even monarchical government policies and procedures. To
ensure that e-government is democratic e-government, the Internet must serve
not only as a means of administration, but also as a primary method of
democratic decision-making.
The synergy of e-government and e-democracy will facilitate a political
renaissance wherever citizens are able to implement it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Strassman, a longtime NetPulse contributor, is president of
Citizens United for Excellence in E-Government. You can sign up to be on
its mailing list by going to: http://CUEE.listbot.com
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WELCOME. NetPulse is pleased to welcome Scott Rogers of Florida as a new
contributing editor. Scott, who previously worked with OnlineDemocracy.com,
has a bachelor's degree in political science from Florida State University.
This fall, he'll pursue a master's in legal and political theory at
University College in London.
EURO-CONFERENCE. French President Jacques Chirac and EU Commissioner Erkki
Liikanen will present the 2nd Worldwide Forum on Electronic Democracy
(http://www.issy.com/e-democracy) on May 17 in Issy-les-Moulineau, France.
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