Abstract
Blockchain technology is heralded for improving trust and can provide a new approach for creating transparency and promoting accountability of government activities. However, it is still not clear how and in what ways blockchain technologies can improve this. This study examines the mechanisms and capability of blockchain technology to contribute to improved transparency and
accountability in government. We use a set of system transparency and accountability concepts and mechanisms to critically assess the capabilities of blockchain . By means of a land registration case in Indonesia we investigate the effects of blockchain on the transparency and accountability of the system. Creating transparency and accountability might be more difficult than expected, as non technical issues need to be addressed. Based on our assessment we discuss key issues, including digital ID, privacy, interoperability, connectivity and technology aware population, computational efficiency and storage size, acceptability, check and control mechanism, data validity, digital signature, algorithm transparency, law and regulation support, and dispute resolution, that must be considered in developing a transparent and accountable blockchain based e-Government system.
accountability in government. We use a set of system transparency and accountability concepts and mechanisms to critically assess the capabilities of blockchain . By means of a land registration case in Indonesia we investigate the effects of blockchain on the transparency and accountability of the system. Creating transparency and accountability might be more difficult than expected, as non technical issues need to be addressed. Based on our assessment we discuss key issues, including digital ID, privacy, interoperability, connectivity and technology aware population, computational efficiency and storage size, acceptability, check and control mechanism, data validity, digital signature, algorithm transparency, law and regulation support, and dispute resolution, that must be considered in developing a transparent and accountable blockchain based e-Government system.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research |
| Editors | Yu-Che Chen, Fadi Salem, Anneke Zuiderwijk |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 204-213 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-7204-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 18 Jun 2019 → 20 Jun 2019 http://dgsoc.org/dgo-2019/ |
Publication series
| Name | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
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Conference
| Conference | 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research |
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| Abbreviated title | dgo2019 |
| Country/Territory | United Arab Emirates |
| City | Dubai |
| Period | 18/06/19 → 20/06/19 |
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Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- Accountability
- Blockchain
- E-Government
- Land registry
- Transparency