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#400: E-government in Ohio</span><br>
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27th, 2014</span></p>
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height="80" width="120">Anybody who works
near the public computers in a library knows
that e-government - the government doing its
business with the people online rather than
in person or through the mail - brings a lot
of people into the library to use those
computers. It started with tax form
downloads and then got a big boost last year
as people registered for "Obamacare."
Legislators typically justify providing new
services only online by pointing to the
public libraries as the safety net for those
who do not have Internet access elsewhere,
though libraries seldom see any of the money
e-government saves. Connect Ohio has now
released some interesting data that shows
there are already a lot of people using
e-government in Ohio, and that number is
almost certainly going to grow.
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16px; font-family: arial; line-height:
110%;"><a
href="http://www.connectednation.org/BlogPost/36-million-ohioans-use-e-government-services">3.6
million Ohioans use e-government
services</a> (Connected Nation | Lyndsey
Kleven) "Younger Internet users in Ohio
(50% of 18-34 year olds) are more likely
than their older peers (46% of ages 35 or
older) to go online to search for
information, apply for services, or fill
out forms. Across the state, more than 1.2
million households still do not subscribe
to home broadband service, one in eight
cite lack of digital skills as leading
barrier to home broadband subscription."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size:
16px; font-family: arial; line-height:
110%;"><a
href="http://connectohio.org/sites/default/files/connected-nation/Ohio/files/oh_egovernment_report.pdf">Making
government accessible: e-Government
usage in Ohio</a> (Connect Ohio) [pdf]
"Two groups in Ohio experience a unique
need to remain in contact with government
offices. Ohio veterans often work with
government agencies for issues ranging
from healthcare to job training. In
addition, state and federal agencies work
with Ohio adults who have disabilities to
improve their care and ensure that they
have access to the services they need. For
many of these Ohioans, the Internet is how
they stay in touch with those government
agencies."</li>
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16px; font-family: arial; line-height:
110%;"><a
href="http://webjunction.org/news/webjunction/state-library-of-ohio-leading-practices-for-egovernment-services.html">State
Library of Ohio: Leading practices for
e-government services</a> (WebJunction |
Vanessa Mason and Liz Morris) "While the
state library staff members that attended
the monthly meetings of this group [Ohio
Network for Health Coverage and
Enrollment] initially encountered
suspicion due to questions about the role
of a state library agency's place in
enrollment strategies, over time meeting
attendees not only embraced the role of
libraries in supporting marketplace
enrollment, but came to expect it as a
natural and necessary fit. These monthly
meetings helped state library staff learn
from practitioners in other institutions
and provided resources that librarians
could take back and adapt to share with
their public libraries."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size:
16px; font-family: arial; line-height:
110%;"><a
href="http://olc.org/convex14_immersionworkshops.php#egov">eGads!
eGov! Helping libraries navigate online
government resources</a> (OLC Immersion
Workshop) "As more and more government
services and programs move to online
access, more patrons are turning to their
libraries for help navigating this
eGovernment environment. Workshop
participants will learn about frontline,
best practices for helping patrons with
eGovernment websites along with legal
issues to consider. Presenters from the
Ohio Department of Veterans Services,
Social Security Administration, and Ohio
Department of Job and Family Services will
discuss government programs and services
and the best practices for accessing these
programs and services."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>Articles
from <a
href="http://ohioweblibrary.org">Ohio
Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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16px; font-family: arial; line-height:
110%;">
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<li><a
href="http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=95c6373d-68fd-4789-adb9-aee826098624%40sessionmgr4001&vid=0&hid=4212&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=84935855">Local
e-government in the United States:
Transformation or incremental change?</a>
(<em>Public Administration Review</em>,
Jan/Feb 2013, p165-175 | Donald F.
Norris and Christopher G. Reddick)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=dc6ded02-2162-489d-8385-af2ada40916b%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4212&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=88057119">Delivering
e-government services and transforming
communities through innovative
partnerships: Public libraries,
government agencies, and community
organizations.</a> (<em>Information
Polity: The International Journal of
Government & Democracy in the
Information Age</em>, 2013, p127-138 |
John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger,
Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor,
and Ruth Lincoln)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/chc/detail?sid=55a2549a-307f-4b36-bb1e-8a86fcc43250%40sessionmgr4001&vid=0&hid=4212&bdata=JnNpdGU9Y2hjLWxpdmU%3d#db=cmh&AN=95317922">Rural
public libraries and digital
inclusion: Issues and challenges.</a>
(<em>Information Technology &
Libraries</em>, March 2014, p6-24 |
Brian Real, John Carlo Bertot, and Paul
T. Jaeger)</li>
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