E-Governance in Davao Region: An Assessment of City Government Websites

Kokula Krishna Hari K¹

¹Life Member, Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties, India

Abstract

The study evaluated the resources and services available in the official government websites of all the cities in Davao Region to determine the extent of its implementation of e-governance. In particular, the assessment was done to verify if the queried contents were promoted in their websites. Moreover, the compliance of the city websites in posting the reports required by the Full Disclosure Policy (FDP) was also determined.

Findings showed that relatively low results were acquired by the city websites in Davao Region except for Davao and Tagum where most of the contents were promoted in the site. Moreover, the websites of both cities have advanced features and services which were not included in the checklist. To add with, information cited are not that rich and limited only and most of the contents are displayed through text in static mode. As to the FDP compliance, findings revealed that except for Digos, all cities utilized their website to post the reports required under the FDP.

The study concludes that while all cities have utilized their websites for e-governance, the quality of its contents show substandard adoption and underutilization. The study suggests that each city exploit the benefits offered by the websites as a medium in promoting innovative public service delivery.

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Kokula Krishna Hari K. E-Governance in Davao Region: An Assessment of City Government Websites. International Conference on Cloud Computing and eGovernance 2014. Vol. 1. Chennai: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties, 2014. 21-37. Print.