Governance and information technology : from electronic government to information government / edited by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor.

Lazer, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in public administration.

Internet in public administration--Case studies.

Electronic government information.

Electronic public records.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

Summary:

Experts discuss moving beyond the notion of electronic government and its focus on technology and efficiency to a broader concept of " information government" that incorporates the role of information flows within government, between government and citizens, and among citizens themselves.

Contents:

From electronic government to information government / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

Technological change and information flows in government

Global perspectives on e-government / Darrell M. West

Case illustration: FirstGov: the road to success of the U.S. government's web portal / Maria Christina Binz-Scharf

Electronic government and the drive for growth and equity / Edwin Lau

Case illustration: "E-government is an outcome": Michael Armstrong and the transformation of Des Moines / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

Challenges to organizational change: multi-level integrated information structures (MIIS) / Jane E. Fountain

Case illustration: from computerization to convergence: the case of e-government in Singapore / Ines Mergel

Case illustration: Dubai's electronic government / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

The blurring of the informational boundary between state and society

Weak democracy, strong information: the role of information technology in the rulemaking process / Cary Coglianese

Case illustration: the EPA EDOCKET system / Gopal Raman

Freedom of information and electronic government / Herbert Burkert

Case illustration: protecting privacy by requesting access: Marc Rotenberg and EPIC / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

Socio-technologies of assembly: sense making and demonstration in rebuilding lower Manhattan / Monique Girard and David Stark

Case illustration: the rise and fall (?) of participatory electronic information infrastructures / Åke Grönlund

"Open-source politics" reconsidered: emerging patterns in online political participation / Matthew Hindman

Case illsutration: cyberprotesting globalization: a case of online activism / Sandor Vegh

Evaluating the impact of reengineering information flows

The challenge of evaluating m-government, e-government, and p-government: what should be compared with what? / Robert D. Behn

Case illustration: the Swiss e-government barometer: Kuno Schedler feels the temperature of e-government services / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

Information quality in electronic government: toward the systematic management of high-quality information in electronic government-to-citizen relationships / Martin J. Eppler

Case illustration: information quality in electronic government websites: an example from Italy's Ministry for Public Administration / Lorenzo Cantoni

It takes a network to build a network / David Lazer and Maria Christina Binz-Scharf

Case illustration: TeleCities: sharing knowledge among European cities / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer

The governing of government information / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262134835

0262134837

9780262633499

0262633493

OCLC:

74568506