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cluster were: Court Clerks; Court, Municipal, and License Clerks;<br />

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs; License Clerks;<br />

Managers, Municipal Clerks; Postal Service Clerks; Postal<br />

Service Mail Carriers; Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors,<br />

and Processing Machine Operators; Postmasters and Mail<br />

Superintendents; Social and Community Service Managers. The<br />

investigated occupations within Governance career cluster were:<br />

Administrative Services Managers; Broadcast News Analysts;<br />

Chief Executives; Communications Teachers, Postsecondary;<br />

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs; Emergency<br />

Management Directors; General and Operations Managers;<br />

Legislators; Managers; Mapping Technicians; Postmasters and<br />

Mail Superintendents; Public Relations Specialists; Reporters and<br />

Correspondents; Social and Community Service Managers;<br />

Storage and Distribution Managers; Surveying and Mapping<br />

Technicians; Surveying Technicians; Transportation Managers.<br />

O*NET<br />

Bright<br />

outlook<br />

Job Zone<br />

Job family<br />

Career<br />

cluster<br />

Green<br />

economy<br />

sector<br />

Industry<br />

STEM<br />

Discipline<br />

Marketing, sales and services<br />

Education & training<br />

Architecture & construction<br />

Agriculture, food and natural resources<br />

Business, Management & Administration<br />

Art, audio/video technology & communications<br />

Health services<br />

Government & Public<br />

administration<br />

Law, public safety, corrections and security<br />

Human services<br />

Manufacturing<br />

Transportation, distribution & logistics<br />

Finance<br />

Hospitality & tourism<br />

Science, technologies, engineering and<br />

mathematics<br />

Information Technology<br />

The summarized technologies, tools and web 2.0 applications<br />

within O*NET database are as follows:<br />

o Tools: Computer/laptop; Calculators, printers; USB flash<br />

drives; Personal digital assistants PDA; Mobile phones —<br />

smartphones; Scanner; Electronic charts or maps or atlases;<br />

etc.<br />

o Technologies: Spreadsheet software: Microsoft excel; IBM<br />

lotus 1-2-3; Word processing software: Microsoft word;<br />

Electronic mail software: e-mail; Microsoft outlook;<br />

Microsoft project; Presentation software: Microsoft<br />

PowerPoint; Map creation software: mapping software; etc.<br />

Regulation<br />

National Security<br />

Public<br />

Management and<br />

Administration<br />

Governance<br />

Revenue and<br />

taxation<br />

Planning<br />

Figure 6. O*NET – Government & Public administration career cluster<br />

o Web: Web page creation and editing software: Facebook;<br />

Social media software; Blogging software; MySpace;<br />

Podcasting software; Website management software; etc.<br />

It can be concluded that even the fact that technologies and tools<br />

are in the core of e-governance and e-administration, in some<br />

governance and PA within O*NET database, there are no<br />

technologies and tools used. For example, the main activities of<br />

Municipal Clerks are: draft agendas and bylaws for town or city<br />

council; record minutes of council meetings; answer official<br />

305<br />

Skills<br />

Knowledge<br />

Education<br />

Abilities<br />

Interests<br />

Tools and<br />

technologies<br />

Work values<br />

Work styles<br />

Work context<br />

Work activities<br />

Tasks<br />

Wages &<br />

employment<br />

correspondence; keep fiscal records and accounts; prepare reports<br />

on civic needs, where no technologies and tools are used. The<br />

Web page creation and editing exists only in few governance and<br />

public management, and administration occupations, such as<br />

Public Relations Specialists or Reporters and Correspondents.<br />

6. EMPIRICAL SURVEY<br />

Technologies, tools and web 2.0 used in the survey are based on<br />

O*NET investigation. The aim of the survey was to establish

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