Politics_Gorvernment_Ex

=Your Task=

Due date: Friday 7th September 2007
This is a group project. With your partner(s) you are to research and investigate the given topic (see below). On 7th September you will be invited to present your findings to the class (see [|effective presentation techniques]). //Please note: If you decide to invite a guest speaker from within Taiwan to speak on your topic this must be done before 6th September as it can then be used as part of your own presentation.// Your assessment for this task involves completing a wikipage(s) and presenting your topic to the class. Read the Wiki Marking Scheme page carefully for information about project requirements and assessment.

Wiki #1: **Electronic voting**
(**The impact of IT on the Political Process)** by Rose Liu and Mickael Viudez
 * Investigate IT systems required for electronic/online voting: hardware and software
 * Write a brief case-study of one country that has used electronic voting (e.g. Australia)
 * What are the main concerns with electronic voting?
 * Authenticating the voter
 * Reliability and security of the database
 * What are the main advantages and disadvantages of electronic voting? Give examples
 * What are other social and ethical issues resulting from electronic voting? Evaluate your arguments
 * Provide a Taiwanese perspective on voting and IT for the forthcoming elections: what are the main issues?
 * Getting started**
 * Article from ZD Net: [|Online Voting Can't be Trusted on Standard PCs]
 * Wikipedia: [|Electronic Voting]
 * [|Electronic Voting] - **Voting** expert Rebecca Mercuri's website, with papers on the subject, and many articles and websites regarding **electronic voting**

Wiki #2: Immigration and Passport Control
by Rickie Tsang & Roman Pan
 * (The Impact of IT on Law Enforcement)**
 * Investigate IT systems for law enforcement for immigration and passport control: hardware and software e.g. CCTV, digital face recognition "facial fingerprint"
 * What is E-Passport?
 * Discuss the use of database systems to store and search for data. What are the main issues?
 * Getting started**
 * Wikipedia: [|Biometric passport]
 * [|E-Passport]
 * [|Biometric immigration control technology]
 * [|Electronic privacy information]
 * [|E-Passport testing in the US]
 * [|Hollywood has been using Biometrics for years]

Wiki #3: Global Positioning System
by Travis Fu and Chris Brewser
 * (The Impact of IT on the Military and Security)**
 * What are the main components of a Global Positioning System and how does it operate?
 * Investigate the use of GPS's for military, civilian, and non-military government use
 * What are the issues to do with countries having control of this tool?
 * Getting started**
 * Wikipedia: [|Global Positioning System]
 * [|GPS and cars]
 * [|Pay as you go GPS car insurance]

Wiki #4: Policy Implementation

 * (The Impact of IT on Government Administration)**

In what ways do governments utilize ICT to keep records and implement policies?
 * Research and compare at least two different countries, including Bangladesh
 * Provide specific examples of software/hardware/systems
 * Provide specific case studies for Bangladesh (invite a guest speaker)
 * Discuss the definition of data mining and data matching in relation to government databases
 * Gettign started**
 * [|The International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration]
 * The [|ICA]
 * [|Electronic government and information technology]
 * Norway: [|Ministry of Government Administration and Reform]

by Maggie Le, Carla Gonzales and Amanda Bruce
 * (The influence and control over access to and content of the Internet)**
 * Who owns the Internet?
 * Research fact and opinion about who owns and controls Internet access globally
 * Make a study of at least two different countries, including China: contrast and compare their policies and approaches to censorship of the Internet
 * What are the main issues concerning government control and /or influence over Internet access?
 * How does government control/censorship affect business and education?
 * Getting started**
 * [|Who owns the Internet?]
 * Wikipedia: I[|nternet censorship in the People's Republic of China]
 * [|Policies related to web accessibility]
 * [|State control of the Internet in China]
 * News item: [|China and Internet control]


 * Alternative Topics:**

by Stephen Chern and Barney Hsiao
 * (Government organisations and policies to fight crime asociated with IT)**
 * Write a brief case study choosing one example of using IT to enforce a law or solve a crime
 * What are social and ethical issues to do with data collection? Evaluate your argument

Wiki #7: Crime Scene Investigation
by Jerry Lee and Moe Osawa
 * (The Impact of IT on Fighting Crime)**
 * How would IT and the reduction of crime promote the Government's political agenda
 * Look at how IT is used to fight crime
 * Has the use of IT reduced the amount of crime perpetrated.

Wiki #8: Traffic Control
by Jackie Lu-Shao and William Yeh
 * (The Impact of IT on Law Enforcement)**
 * Investigate IT systems for traffic control: hardware and software e.g. radar torch, speed cameras