Goals
- Add another way to combat Bureaucracy
- Cut down the size of State Employees group
- Make Internet Speed more important
[Policy Info]
Digital Administration
Digital Administration, also known as e-Government, aims to reform administrative service by using digital technologies. It is widely supported by the public for various reasons including improvements of government efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness. However, some critics argue that ‘lean government’ will bring price to pay somewhere. Also, the elderly are not keen on these changes as they aren’t familiar with the latest technologies.
Cost Factors
- More State Employees will increase the cost
- Higher Internet Speed will decrease the cost
Income Factor
- Higher Wages will increase the income (since the income here means labor cost cut)
Effects
- Decrease Bureaucracy
- Appease Capitalist
- Appease Liberal (but they become less happy at the maximum slider scale)
- Appease Middle Income (added since this will save tax money but maybe unnecessary?)
- Increase Productivity
- Increase Private Telecom (provided not nationalized)
- Increase Unemployment
- Decrease the membership of State Employees
- Anger Trade Unionist
- Anger Retired (but they become mostly indifferent at the maximum slider scale)
- Increase Industrial Automation
- Increase Cyber Warfare
- Increase Internet Crime
- Increase Skills Shortage (but it becomes considerably weaker at the maximum slider scale)
Other Thoughts
- It could be interesting to add Digital Divide situation which represents a potential pitfall some people might get trapped as a new ‘digital’ government fails to reach those who are not familiar with modern communication technologies. It might be caused by way to rapid transition the elderly can’t keep up with or just lack of decent education that can teach digital literacy to pupils in poverty. I have no idea what kind of bad effects would be nice for it but having requirements such as good education for digital administration to work sounds good.
- Still looking for a better policy name & slider texts.
- It would be nice if there are more factors impacting Internet Speed.
- I still feel like this policy needs more downsides at higher slider scale. Or maybe make even harder to raise the slider either by adding implicit requirements as mentioned above or increasing PC cost.
I’m going to publish this to the Workshop if I happen to make time to playtest a bit sooner or later.
it’s out now!