Appendix 1 : Results of the e-METI Idea Box
Top 20 ideas posted to the e-METI Idea Box
- No. 1 (votes in favor: 217, against: 21)
- Make it possible to obtain copies of resident cards and family registers via the web.
- No. 2 (votes in favor: 177, against: 32)
- Allow us to cast a vote in elections via the web.
- No. 3 (votes in favor: 126, against: 1)
- Beyond e-government
- - I understand this is a trial but I hope that a website to accept public ideas on not only e-government but also all policies will be set up soon.
- No. 4 (votes in favor: 154, against: 30)
- How about making it possible to renew driver’s licenses and passports via the web?
- No. 5 (votes in favor: 127, against: 4)
- One-stop service to accept applications
- - It would be very convenient if various applications could be completed electronically and at one site.
- No. 6 (votes in favor: 109, against: 0)
- Increase publicity of such measures.
- No. 7 (votes in favor: 115, against: 12)
- Integration of various cards issued by public agencies into one
- No. 8 (votes in favor: 104, against: 1)
- Continued operation of the Idea Box regarding bills during diet period
- No. 9 (votes in favor: 100, against: 0)
- Make government documents available on the web, in principle.
- No. 10 (votes in favor: 103, against: 6)
- Digitization of the health insurance card (including the personal medication record book)
- No. 11 (votes in favor: 100, against: 4)
- The government should sum up the results of e-government.
- No. 12 (votes in favor: 97, against: 3)
- Adoption of RSS
- No. 13 (votes in favor: 91, against: 0)
- Press conferences by government offices should be broadcast live on the web.
- No. 14 (votes in favor: 79, against: 2)
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Expectations for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to set up a Japanese equivalent of Data.GOV (Reference:
http://www.data.gov/
)
- No. 15 (votes in favor: 71, against: 3)
- Solution of the user-defined character ( gaiji) problem
- - Not only for e-government but also for all kinds of information systems and business procedures in Japan, astonishing amounts of money must be spent to cope with gaiji. It is a fact that Japan spends considerable cost and effort to deal with this issue, unlike the English-speaking world, where everyone uses nothing but A to Z. Can’t all ministries discuss this issue across the organizational boundary and pave the way for unifying gaiji?
- No. 16 (votes in favor: 66, against: 2)
- Publish all products of government operations on the website.
- No. 17 (votes in favor: 65, against: 4)
- A way to eliminate wasteful IT procurement and nurture SMEs simultaneously
- No. 18 (votes in favor: 73, against: 15)
- How about using Twitter to disseminate information?
- No. 19 (votes in favor: 61, against: 5)
- The system infrastructure for e-government should be shared.
- No. 20 (votes in favor: 59, against: 4)
- The final tax return procedure is too complicated.