Government as a platform: engaging the public with social media
Presentation EGOVIS 2010 Bilbao
1. Governmeter: Monitoring Government Performance. A Web-based Application proposal www.liberopinion.net EGOVIS 2010 Artur Afonso Sousa ESTV ajas@di.estv.ipv.pt Pedro Agante Libertrium pedroagante@libertrium.com Luis Borges Gouveia Universidade Fernando Pessoa lmbg@ufp.edu.pt
2. Governmeter – the objective To monitor and debate, in an independent and objective way, the governmental and legislative activity.
3. Citizen online engagement 23% of American internet users have participated in online debates concerning government issues, although much of that is currently occurring outside the context of “official government channels”. Source: PewResearchCenter (2010)
