Review: Governance And Information Technology: From Electronic Government To Information Government

From Electronic Government to Information Government

Information is the foundation of all governing. Information guides decisions and processes large and small—from matters of war and peace to garbage collection. The last decade has witnessed unprecedented attention to the machinery of information in government—often categorized as ‘‘electronic government.’’ Information and communication technologies have been touted as the cure for everything fr...

Reinventing Government Services Using Information Technology

Best practices in electronic government: Comprehensive electronic information dissemination for science and technology

The Department of Energy=s (DOE) Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) has successfully reinvented the way in which DOE=s scientific and technical information is collected, organized, archived, disseminated, and used in the performance of research and development (R&D). Through a suite of innovative Web-based products conceived and developed by the Office of Scientific and Technic...

From Government to Governance—And Back? Understanding the Changing Role of Government in Governance

[Government management and society: information, technology and scientific output].

The complexity of government tasks today suggests that virtual interaction processes that could streamline flows and exchanges of information between governments and society in public policymaking may contribute to more effective intervention that is more closely attuned to the heterogeneity and diversity of social problems. Innovative participatory government administration initiatives have pr...