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Bhattacharya, Kaushik
- Information Dissemination Through Official Websites:A Critique
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1 Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226 013, IN
1 Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226 013, IN
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Information Studies, Vol 17, No 3 (2011), Pagination: 133-165Abstract
Website constructions in the world have progressed at a fast pace. However, compared to the pace of development, the issue of benchmarking of the contents of official websites has not yet received adequate attention. The paper argues that with the proliferation of official websites worldwide, data dissemination concepts as developed by the IMF need to be generalised towards information dissemination, with special reference to web-based dissemination. The paper, in this context, attempts to specify some common structural features in the contents of official websites that could act as potential benchmarks. It examines to what extent commonalities and differences prevail with respect to these benchmarks among the websites of a few leading international organizations, as well as a few official websites in the US and India. Analysis reveals that some degree of convergence has taken place among all official websites in (i) structuring the contents, and in (ii) providing a few basic facilities to the users. It is observed that none of the sites are fully compliant with respect to the criteria specified in the paper. Full compliance would, however, require limited effort and would mostly involve one-time uploading of specific materials. A few major limitations, ; v however, appear to be more general. Observations suggest that in future more attention need to be focused on designing the headers and footers of . web pages that can act as a general template for all official websites. More attention is also needed on providing information that would lead to more precise identification of web pages for user reference and documentation. The paper suggests some specific improvements in this regard, elaborating with examples. It also suggests a few other policy measures that could lead to more effective web-based information in official websites.Keywords
Information Dissemination, Websites, SDDS, Journal of Economic Literature Classification: C8.
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- UID Project and the Electoral Roll
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1 Indian Institute of Management, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow 400 051, IN
1 Indian Institute of Management, Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow 400 051, IN
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Information Studies, Vol 16, No 2 (2010), Pagination: 73-84Abstract
The paper argues that with a little innovation and coordination, the Electoral Roll (ER) database - collected by the Election Commission (EC) - could be an ideal starting point for the UID project. Given that this data is available in the public domain, it is likely that demographic measures computed from this data would be more accurate than estimates from other similar databases. Further, given the public interest in elections, it is argued that there would be an inherent institutional pressure on the EC to make the data available as accurately as possible and also in time. This, in turn, would be an advantage in updating unique identification on a continuous basis. The special emphasis in this paper is to show that the suggested policy changes on data collection and updating of electoral rolls would lead to unique identification of individuals and that these changes are economically and practically feasible.Keywords
Demographic Statistics. Electoral Roll, On-Line Population Database, UID Project.References
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