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The Seoul Metropolitan City Government announced on Sunday that it has been selected as the best ¡°e-government¡± out of 100 cities worldwide, in a recent survey on assessing websites and measuring the e-government indexes of global cities.
The survey was conducted on 100 cities worldwide, from last March until October, jointly by the Global e-Policy and e-Government Institute of Korea¡¯s Sungkyunkwan University and the e-Governance Institute of Rutgers University, in the United States, under the sponsorship of the United Nations¡¯ Division for Public Administration and Development Management, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Appraisals were made in five areas: security, usability, content, service and citizen participation. The survey listed Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Shanghai, Rome, Auckland, Jerusalem, Tokyo and Toronto, ranking second to 10th.
¡°It was the first research comparing e-government indexes of international cities. Seoul City was awarded top place as a result of its work since last year to remake its Internet homepage,¡± a city official said. The award ceremony is to take place at the 600th Anniversary Hall of Sungkyunkwan University on Nov. 21.
(Shin Hyung-joon, hjshin@chosun.com )
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