Public Administration and the tragedy of commons in the information age: e-Government observatory to promote collective action.

Resumo

This paper aims to relate widely public resources to the tragedy of commons and propose the possibility of on-line collective action as a solution. It brings a practical case of an on-line electronic Government observatory. This Observatory has shown impacts in Brazil helping to provide a better governance. Initially it is presented Brazilian context and its distortions at the Public Administration what evidences the importance of social/moral control over public Government. These collective actions in Brazil - as a national community - are fostered by a new crowd sourced online platform. Although some may believe that community in its original concept are geographical small groups, the case presented shows with a set of collected data that at information age it is possible to organize a cohesive community driven by a common interest using the Internet.