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:

1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

System Details:

text file

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 citizen.

Contents:

1 From Electronic Government to Information Government / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 1

I Technological Change and Information Flows in Government 15

2 Global Perspectives on E-Government / Darrell M. West 17

Case Illustration: FirstGov: The Road to Success of the U.S. Governments Web Portal / Maria Christina Binz-Scharf 33

3 Electronic Government and the Drive for Growth and Equity / Edwin Lau 39

Case Illustration: "E-Government Is an Outcome": Michael Armstrong and the Transformation of Des Moines / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 59

4 Challenges to Organizational Change: Multi-Level Integrated Information Structures (MIIS) / Jane E. Fountain 63

Case Illustration: From Computerization to Convergence: The Case of E-Government in Singapore / Ines Mergel 94

Case Illustration: Dubai's Electronic Government / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 97

II The Blurring of the Informational Boundary between State and Society 99

5 Weak Democracy, Strong Information: The Role of Information Technology in the Rulemaking Process / Gary Coglianese 101

Case Illustration: The EPA EDOCKET System / Gopal Raman 123

6 Freedom of Information and Electronic Government / Herbert Burkert 125

Case Illustration: Protecting Privacy by Requesting Access: Marc Rotenberg and EPIC / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 142

7 Socio-Technologies of Assembly: Sense Making and Demonstration in Rebuilding Lower Manhattan / Monique Girard, David Stark 145

Case Illustration: The Rise and Fall (?) of Participatory Electronic Information Infrastructures / Ake Gronlund 177

8 "Open-Source Politics" Reconsidered: Emerging Patterns in Online Political Participation / Matthew Hindman 183

Case Illustration: Cyberprotesting Globalization: A Case of Online Activism / Sander Vegh 208

III Evaluating the Impact of Reengineering Information Flows 213

9 The Challenge of Evaluating M-Government, E-Government, and P-Government: What Should Be Compared with What? / Robert D. Behn 215

Case Illustration: The Swiss E-Government Barometer: Kuno Schedler Feels the Temperature of E-Government Services / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 239

10 Information Quality in Electronic Government: Toward the Systematic Management of High-Quality Information in Electronic Government-to-Citizen Relationships / Martin J. Eppler 241

Case Illustration: Information Quality in Electronic Government Websites: An Example from Italy's Ministry for Public Administration / Lorenzo Cantoni 257

11 It Takes a Network to Build a Network / David Lazer, Maria Christina Binz-Scharf 261

Case Illustration: TeleCities: Sharing Knowledge among European Cities / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 279

12 The Governing of Government Information / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, David Lazer 281.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262279291

0262279290

9781429499002

1429499001

1282098713

9781282098718

OCLC:

173281480

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