  In this paper we present a novel model for governing societies based on
modern information technology, which neither relies on manual bureaucratic
labor, nor depends on process-based e-government services for governance. We
expose the flaws of the later and argue that it is not feasible for sustainable
governance due to permanently changing laws and instead propose a model in
which people can govern themselves in a self-service manner by relying on
constellations of data stored in a network of governmental databases to which
citizen and officials have read- and write access under rules defined by
temporary valid law.
