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Transparency in e-governance

With widespread use and application of modern information and communications technologies (ICTs), especially computers and the internet, realization of government informational transparency through digital channels has been at the core of contemporary democratic governance. This paper presents public transparency in Taiwan, whose performance of electronic government development, especially in the construction and use of public websites, has in recent years received significant affirmation in various international evaluations. It is found that most of its public agencies have established in their websites sections for FOI purposes. Of all the kinds of information seen in the sections, "policy white papers, statistics and reports" has the largest amount, is updated most frequently, and is most browsed by site visitors. Governments in Taiwan also implement back office procedures and system applications for FOI purposes through use of their websites. Only half of the surveyed public agencies provide online FOI request forms, while most agencies rely on their agency-head e-mail boxes as a major channel to receive and process FOI requests from citizens. As e-transparency is a critical way of governing and a basis for governing legitimacy, experiences and developments in Taiwan can be important references for international comparison and learning.