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ABSTRACT
Blockchain technology currently represents a great opportunity for e-government in general and for public procurement in particular, given their financial implications and potential political and social risks. Blockchain technology facilitates the procedures and processes of administrative records via smart contracts because of properties such as timeproof sealing and data record immutability. In the present paper, we present a truthfulness governance approach which uses a permissioned model based on neural blockchain technology and smart contracts to create blocks within which all information is held in an on-chain consensus system to avoid corruption in the field of public procurement. Our proposal represents a scalable, efficient, innovative solution that is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal requirements and constitutes a ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ in itself. Our model highlights the benefits of blockchain technology in terms of transparency, immutability, security, inclusiveness and disintermediation in order to create new anticorruption policies and technical solutions.
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Francisco Luis Benítez-Martínez
Francisco Luis Benítez-Martínez PhD in Computer Sciences. Blockchain Principal Investigator and Disruptive Innovation Coordinator at FIDESOL (ICT Technological Center). He is a Political Scientist in governance models, Smart City projects, and digital transformation. He is the vice-president of the Blockchain Commission in OnTech (a national R+D Cluster) and a researcher in digital society at MediaLab at the University of Granada (Spain). His research interests include blockchain development, e-Democracy, governance, digital shifting, e-Participation and Smart Cities. Additional details may be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscoluisbenitez/
Esteban Romero-Frías
Esteban Romero-Frías Bachelor in Business Administration and Management, PhD in Accounting and Associate Professor in the Department of Accountancy and Finance at the University of Granada (Spain). He teaches business creation, business information technologies, accountancy and finance. His research is based on the use of digital methods in the Social Sciences and Humanities, particularly in science and technology studies, learning and business. He has published research works in top journals in Communication and Information Science. In 2015 he founded MediaLab UGR - Research Laboratory for Digital Culture and Society, within the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer of the University of Granada (Spain).
María Visitación Hurtado-Torres
María Visitación Hurtado-Torres Associate Professor at the University of Granada (Spain) where she received both an MSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Computing. Main fields of research: Information and Communication Technologies Applied to Health, Inclusion and Education, Assistive Technologies, Usability, Accessibility, and Ontology Engineering. Around 100 research papers published in international journals and specialized conferences on these topics. Coordinator of the Master in Management and Business Process Technologies. Experience in more than 30 national and regional competitively-financed R&D&I projects. Editorial Board member of the Journal of Information & Management (Elsevier), and reviewer for several prestigious international conferences.