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How online insourcing might improve EU policy development—the view from inside the European Commission
Author(s) -
Buyserd Adriaan,
Jong Bob
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.1533
Subject(s) - commission , insourcing , legislation , european commission , legislature , workflow , the internet , business , public administration , political science , public relations , european union , marketing , outsourcing , economics , management , law , computer science , economic policy , world wide web
Perhaps policy‐makers are not the most progressive of actors when it comes to incorporating online technologies in their everyday workflow, but they are certainly not dismissive of the Internet and its potential for policy‐making (e.g. European Commission, [, 2011], [, 2012]). Could online insourcing, for example, be a way to improve the quality of new legislation? This article presents the current view from the European Commission (‘EC’). We have found that many of its Directorates‐General (‘DG’) are actively investigating into the possibilities of insourcing more and better policy contributors at the pre‐legislative stage, by means of online technology. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.