Kurzfassung

Dieser Beitrag präsentiert das SeSAM e-Democracy-Portal - eine leicht zu bedienende Kollaborations- und Kommunikationsplattform - zur Unterstützung von Entscheidungsprozessen in der parlamentarischen Arbeit.

Beschreibung

"Modern parliamentary work has to face some problems due to the complexity of decision-making processes. Citizens as well as politicians are often lost in the variety of topics that are discussed; they are lost in complex and dynamic political structures and hidden responsibilities. In this paper we present the SeSAM e-Democracy portal which provides an easy-to-use collaboration and communication platform for politicians and interested citizens. Information is presented always up-to-date in all aspects with respect to the user’s specific needs and wishes while the system itself is easy to maintain and adaptable to local peculiarities. After analyzing the needs and requirements of an e-Democracy portal to be widely accepted by politicians, citizens and members  of  municipal  administrations  we  will  discuss  the  functionality  of  SeSAM  as  well  as  the  methodological background  of  user-adaptive  information  systems,  like  database  schema  pattern  for  documents  and  collaboration, profiling, system adaptation and flexible information play-out." (Quelle: Fiedler/Krautz/Thalheim 2004, 1)