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- e-Awareness
- A regular survey of government agencies e-government activities.
- E-crime
- Electronic
crime covers offences where a computer or other ICT is used as a tool
to commit an offence, is the target of an offence or is used as a
storage device in an offence.
- e-government
- E-government
is government agencies working together to use information and
communications technology so that they can better provide individuals
and businesses with government services and information.
- e-government initiative
- E-government
initiatives could include: - at the technology level, projects to adopt
or introduce common standards and processes for data, information and
information systems, - infrastructure and standards for Information
Communications Technology (ICT), mobile computing, new or upgraded
websites, electronic services initiatives (including e-enabled business
information and processes) undertaken individually, or jointly with
other agencies (ie delivering services via the web to business, people
and stakeholders), at the business level, projects to use ICT to
deliver goods and services more efficiently or effectively.
- e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF)
- The e-Government Interoperability Framework
gives agencies a coherent set of policies, technical standards and
guidelines to use when sharing or integrating data and information, or
supporting information systems or business processes.
- E-health
- Involves
the electronic enablement of the health and disability support services
in order to: empower individuals and their families to manage their own
health and participation better; improve the co-ordination and
integration of care delivery to individuals; and allow population
health initiatives such as mapping notifiable diseases to occur in a
timely fashion.
- E-learning
- Learning that is
facilitated by the use of digital tools and content. Typically, it
involves some form of interactivity, which may include online
interaction between the learner and their teacher or peers.
- electronic democracy, 'e-democracy'
- Use
of the Internet to enhance democratic processes and provide increased
opportunities for individuals and communities to interact with
government, and for the government to seek input from the community.
- Electronic forms
- Forms
available on a website or Intranet, which people can complete on the
screen and then either print off or post back, or submit online.
- Electronic transactions
- Dealings
between people and organisations (such as filling out a form, or making
a payment) that take place using the Internet and the Web.
- Element
- One of 19 types of information that it is possible to combine to create a complete metadata set or metadata record.
- email
- Electronic
mail - messages sent from one person to another via a network. Email
can also be sent automatically to a number of addresses.
- ESA
- ESA
is the Emergency Services and Government Administration and has been
developed from the New Zealand Geospatial Metadata Standard (NZGMS).
Further information can be found here.
- E-science
- Defined
as science that is performed through distributed global collaborations
that are enabled by the Internet. E-science uses very large data
collections, computing resources and high-performance technologies.
- Evidence of Identity [EOI]
- When
an individual provides evidence to register their identity. For
example, providing a birth certificate and/or having trusted people in
the community sign your photo.
- Extranet
- A system
for regular communication between an organisation and other businesses
and customers. Typically extranet are closed private computer networks
that function over the Internet, using encryption to ensure privacy.
They are designed to give authorised outsiders access to an
organisation's Intranet from outside its network.
