Doug Holmes is a writer. Mainly he writes about ‘eGovernment’*, and is the author of the book eGov: e-Business Strategies for Government. He also consults and writes for high-tech companies such as Microsoft.

In a previous life, Doug Holmes was a prolific journalist in the Canadian North, where he wrote the book Northerners: Profiles of People in the Northwest Territories.

Holmes lived in Yellowknife for a long time, and Inuvik for a short time. He has since lived in London and Paris for a long time, and Bucharest and Hong Kong for a short time. He currently lives in the mountainous interior of British Columbia. He’d like to become a recluse but has lots of frequent flyer miles to use up first.

* eGovernment is the use of Internet technology to deliver better public services and change the way government operates.