Design Blockchain Architecture for Population Data Management to Realize a Smart City in Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia

Smart city as a concept of city development which integrates information and communication technology with the intention of optimizing city management becomes a major goal for Indonesia, especially through the movement towards 100 Smart Cities. However, population data management is crucial in achieving this for optimal planning and management. Personal data protection becomes a crucial challenge with the rapid population growth and mobility in cities. The need for a more reliable protection system is very necessary. This research proposes a blockchain architecture that not only manages digital identities but also population data. The focus is population administration in Cimahi City, West Java, with the hope of providing security, transparency, and a strong audit trail for all population data. The contribution of this research is to design a blockchain architecture specifically for population data management, meeting the needs of population administration in cities, especially the city of Cimahi. Through a blockchain architecture development approach, this research considers the diverse administrative needs of the population and applies a blockchain model that enables data security and integrity. This implementation of blockchain architecture provides promising results in maintaining the security and integrity of population data, enabling greater transparency and auditability. This implementation of blockchain architecture provides promising results in maintaining the security and integrity of population data, enabling greater transparency and auditability. This research also shows that the use of blockchain technology specifically for population data management can be a reliable and innovative solution in ensuring the security and reliability of data important for smart city development.However, this research has limited access to central data, so the data obtained is still very limited. Therefore, further research is needed to follow up on these limitations. Apart from that, this research is also expected to provide knowledge and solutions in securing data, especially population data in government environments

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technologies, and Digital State Services in Georgia General Overview of Georgian E-government Environment

The paper will describe the general state of e-government in Georgia based on various secondary sources. It will present the official digital services, representing forms of digital government, including G2C (Government to Citizen), G2B - (Government to Business), and G2G (Government to Government). In the framework of the article, the State digital products in Georgia will be discussed in the context of the existing theories about e-government.Although the paper will be descriptive in nature, where Georgian e-services will be grouped according to fundamental theories about e-government, the article is of great international importance. It is the first English-language paper to reflect the most Georgian state digital services. Existing international researches on e-government are based on assessments of the situation by local and international experts and does not describe the digital services available in the country. This paper will provide the international scientific community with information about public e-services in Georgia and present them in the context of the existing theories of digital governance

Digital Identity and the Blockchain: Universal Identity Management and the Concept of the “Self-Sovereign” Individual

While “classical” human identity has kept philosophers busy since millennia, “Digital Identity” seems primarily machine related. Telephone numbers, E-Mail inboxes, or Internet Protocol (IP)-addresses are irrelevant to define us as human beings at first glance. However, with the omnipresence of digital space the digital aspects of identity gain importance. In this submission, we aim to put recent developments in context and provide a categorization to frame the landscape as developments proceed rapidly. First, we present selected philosophical perspectives on identity. Secondly, we explore how the legal landscape is approaching identity from a traditional dogmatic perspective both in national and international law. After blending the insights from those sections together in a third step, we will go on to describe and discuss current developments that are driven by the emergence of new tools such as “Distributed Ledger Technology” and “Zero Knowledge Proof.” One of our main findings is that the management of digital identity is transforming from a purpose driven necessity toward a self-standing activity that becomes a resource for many digital applications. In other words, whereas traditionally identity is addressed in a predominantly sectoral fashion whenever necessary, new technologies transform digital identity management into a basic infrastructural service, sometimes even a commodity. This coincides with a trend to take the “control” over identity away from governmental institutions and corporate actors to “self-sovereign individuals,” who have now the opportunity to manage their digital self autonomously. To make our conceptual statements more relevant, we present several already existing use cases in the public and private sector. Subsequently, we discuss potential risks that should be mitigated in order to create a desirable relationship between the individual, public institutions, and the private sector in a world where self-sovereign identity management has become the norm. We will illustrate these issues along the discussion around privacy, as well as the development of backup mechanisms for digital identities. Despite the undeniable potential for the management of identity, we suggest that particularly at this point in time there is a clear need to make detailed (non-technological) governance decisions impacting the general design and implementation of self-sovereign identity systems