Digital Government
Mass consumption in China
A Harvard professor encounters China's burgeoning consumer culture.
Digital Government
To learn more, keep quiet
Observing a conference in a Muslim country during Ramadan provides a lesson about the value of understanding other cultures.
Digital Government
Visiting Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim museum in Spain
A trip to deliver a lecture leads to cultural opportunities.
Digital Government
Dispatches from China
Observations on Chinese consumer culture from Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Who are China's Americaphiles?
Are most Chinese people interested in friendship with America, or domination? Steve Kelman asks the question.
Digital Government
Open government effort makes big promises of enhanced transparency
U.S.-India open initiative to democratize government information.
People
John Koskinen: Y2K revisited
John Koskinen helped the U.S. brace for Y2K -- and in doing so changed federal IT.
Digital Government
DOD needs new tech for Asia, Panetta says
As the U.S. military shifts its focus to the Asia-Pacific region, it will need to develop new technologies, its leader says.
Digital Government
Kelman gets schooled in China
A Harvard professor visits a university on the other side of the world.
Digital Government
China patterns: Universities, government and the Internet
The Chinese government hasn't forgotten Tiananmen Square Steve Kelman learns.
Digital Government
A frontline dispatch from Spain, a country in crisis
Steve Kelman finds that Spain's economic worries are not obvious on the surface.
Digital Government
Korea copes with multiculturalism
Steve Kelman observes how Korea's culture is become much more ethnically diverse.
Modernization
Citizens have an appetite for more digital government worldwide, survey shows
Digital government services are on a roll, and the next generation of services could include electronic mailboxes and secure identification as a service, according to a new survey by Accenture.
Digital Government
Eurozone crisis, luxury consumption
Is Europe's economy affecting luxury spending?
People
Will high unemployment create a "burning platform" to encourage government change?
Steve Kelman learns and teaches in Spain.
Digital Government
United States and India launch open government platform on Web
Following through on an agreement, the U.S. and India have jointly released open source code to help governments release data to the public.
Digital Government
One more round of Singapore observations
Steve Kelman's adventures in cross-culture awareness continue.
Digital Government
One professor's adventures in the Singapore food scene
Steve Kelman tastes the delights of the far east.
Digital Government
Singapore observations
Steve Kelman's Singaporean experience translates into observations.
Digital Government