This working paper has been written as a contribution to the OECD e-government project launched in 2001, which explores how governments can best exploit information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance good governance principles and achieve public policy goals. The paper highlights the way in which the collection, compilation and dissemination of statistics has changed dramatically as NSOs have taken advantage of the opportunities afforded by ICT advances. In this regard, it describes changes that have occurred in national statistical offices (NSOs) in response to growing citizen demand and outlines both developments that have been made possible and necessary by recent technological advances in software, communications and computing. In addition, the paper shows that statistical institutions have a significant role to play in e-government developments, having often been given a major role in national e-government initiatives. Finally, it shows that the drive towards ...

Ce document de travail constitue une contribution au projet de l'OCDE sur le gouvernement électronique, lancé en 2001 et explore les moyens pour les gouvernements d’exploiter les technologies de l’information et des communications (TIC) afin d’améliorer les principes de bonne gouvernance et de réaliser les objectifs des politiques publiques. Ce rapport met en lumière la manière dont la collecte, la compilation et la dissémination des statistiques ont nettement évolué au fur et à mesure que les offices nationaux des statistiques ont tiré profit des opportunités permises par l'avancé des TIC. À cet égard, ce rapport décrit les changements qui se sont produits au sein des offices nationaux des statistiques en réponse à une demande croissante des citoyens et souligne tous les développements rendus possibles et nécessaires par les progrès technologiques récents dans les domaines des logiciels, des communications et de la programmation. En outre, ce rapport démontre le rôle significatif ...

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