According to a recently released report by the Center for Public Policy at Brown University, Taiwan's e-government ranked first among 198 countries, followed by South Korea, Canada, the United States, Chile, and Australia.
The report, Global E-Government, 2002, which was authored by Darrel M. West, noted that the Republic of China (Taiwan) has an extensive system of information delivery via the Internet. (To see the full text of the report go to http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt02int.html )
The report noted, "The site for the Executive Yuan of Taiwan ( http://www.ey.gov.tw/web/index-ey2000.htm ) contains information varying from national statistics, history of Taiwan art and culture, policy papers, and timely news updates. It also provides all the information in English for an international audience. To promote interaction with the public, the contact information of the head office is presented clearly on the opening page. It features multimedia clips such as videos of notable speeches. All agencies' sites, although not uniform, show the same amount of information."
The government agency responsible for promoting e-government in Taiwan, the Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan, was the first to announce the report's findings in Taiwan. Upon hearing the good news, President Chen Shui-bian asked Premier Yu Shyi-kun to convey a message of thanks and encouragement to all the government agencies involved in the effort. President Chen also instructed the Executive Yuan to continue introducing new e-government services for the people of Taiwan.
