Cases on Public Information Management and E-Government Adoption

Reddick, Christopher G.

IGI Global, Apr 30, 2012 - Political Science - 522 pages

The information revolution has increased the pressure on governments to utilize technology to increase efficiency, transparency, and access.

Cases on Public Information Management and E-Government Adoption provides real world examples of the successes and pitfalls faced by public sector organizations. The process of adopting technology is full of complicated social, practical, administrative, cultural, and legal pitfalls and opportunities. In order to ensure that any organization achieves the greatest advantages from their technological advances, these issues must be addressed and learning from the empirical studies present in this reference is the first step.

Contents

• Politics Hinders Open Standards in the Public Sector: 1
• Democratic Deliberation in Online Consultation Forums: 24
• CitizenCentric Service Dimensions of Indian Rural EGovernance Systems: 50
• The Other Side of Big Brother: 80
• The Egyptian National Post Organization Past Present and Future: 100
• A CitizenCentric Platform to Support Networking in the Area of eDemocracy: 128
• Section 2: 160
• Agile KnowledgeBased EGovernment Supported by SAKE System: 161
• AnalysisSensitive Conversion of Administrative Data into Statistical Information Systems: 186
• The Significance of Governments Role in Technology Standardization: 219
• Using Web Sites to Improve Fiscal Transparency: 232
• Vision Impairment and Electronic Government: 261
• The Characteristics Responsibilities and Future of Chief Information Officers in the Public Sector: 274
• EGovernment Policy: 295
• Section 3: 326
• EZPass and the Ohio Turnpike: 327
• Exploring IT Opportunities: 349
• Emerging Forms of Covert Surveillance Using GPSEnabled Devices: 366
• Towards a Customer Centric EGovernment Application: 385
• ICT and Web 20 Technologies as a Determinant of Business Performance: 403
• Free Wireless Internet Park Services: 429
• Compilation of References: 448
• About the Contributors: 487
• Index: 488

About the author

Christopher G. Reddick is a Professor of Public Administration and Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Dr. Reddick has published numerous articles in books on public administration and information technology. He is the editor of the book series Public Administration and Information Technology (Springer). Dr. Reddick also has published the textbook, Public Administration and Information Technology (Jones and Bartlett Learning). Some of his publications have appeared in leading public administration journals such as Public Administration Review , Government Information Quarterly , and Public Administration and Development. [Editor]

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cases on Public Information Management and E-Government Adoption; Cases on Public Information Management and E-Government Adoption, Christopher G. Reddick
• Editor: Reddick, Christopher G.
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: IGI Global, 2012
• ISBN: 1466609826, 9781466609822
• Length: 522 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Information Technology; Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration