چكيده لاتين :
Public officials, environmental experts
and citizens and enterprises need
access to relevant legislation and case
law, existing permits and previously
compiled environmental impact
assessments. Examination of existing
e-government tools for environmental
permits has shown a definite need for a
system that integrates relevant
processes and services already
provided by public authorities and
agencies. The system would then
enable them to model and deploy
services as a cloud of e-government
services that support environmental
permitting procedures to citizens and
businesses. E-Government is at a
historical turning point and
governments worldwide. To date, the
use of e-government tools for
environmental protection in particular
is lagging behind the field, despite its
much-vaunted promise to reduce the
environmental impact of economic
activities. Examining current egovernment
tools for environmental
permits, there is a clear need for a
better use of ICT tools for the
simplification of environmental
permitting procedures to overcome
bureaucratic burdens, perform the
required tasks within the limited
available resources (human and
infrastructures), and ensure
transparency in the permitting process.
Further, e-government can support
democratization (e-Democracy) by
enabling citizens to participate in
political consultations in real-time and
in a cost effective manner. Finally, egovernment
is considered a means to
reach national environmental targets,
as it eases the process towards a “paper
free office”. Nevertheless, more studies
are needed to evaluate the environmental impact that the
implementation of e-government may
have on other areas, such as increased
electricity consumption of ICT
infrastructure or the disposal of
obsolete equipment, also known as “ewaste”.
