ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Governmental led e-government and e-governance efforts continue to be challenged by both technological and organizational difficulties. The organizational challenge may be intractable. The concept of collaborative e-governance is proposed as a wider discussion using Open Source and Free Web-ware. Collaborative e-governance is defined across sharing, social, decision, and mapping attributes. After reviewing the current status of local government Web sites (minimal changes from prior understandings) and unofficial Web sites (disappointing), we examine the concept of social learning through primitive analysis of blogs and newspaper comments. Finally, we argue for the potentialities of collaborative e-governance.
