The lack of scalability of distributed systems is a severe problem when these systems have to grow to a large or even global scale. The administrative dimension of scalability is strongly influenced by the number of different organizations exerting control over parts of the distributed system. Each organization has its specific requirements and policies that have to be fulfilled by the distribu...

abstract Though policy makers and governments are interested in understanding the returns from e-Government implementation, there are relatively few empirical studies that analyze this aspect. Using secondary data from 99 countries and the IT impact literature as the guiding theoretical perspective, we examine the returns from e-Government in the form of national performance. We do this by init...

This American College of Physicians (ACP) position paper, initiated and written by ACP's Medical Practice and Quality Committee and approved by the Board of Regents on 21 January 2017, reports policy recommendations to address the issue of administrative tasks to mitigate or eliminate their adverse effects on physicians, their patients, and the health care system as a whole. The paper outlines ...

This institutional survey research was used to improve administrative policies at International Montessori Center (IMC), a private international kindergarten in Bangkok, Thailand. The main goal of the study gather input from school stakeholders regarding daily conditions and functions, with ultimate improved policy implementation. A literature review indicated no direct prior research. gathered...

The growth of administrative data repositories worldwide has spurred the development and application of data quality frameworks to ensure that research analyses based on these data can be used to draw meaningful conclusions. However, the research literature on administrative data quality is sparse, and there is little consensus regarding which dimensions of data quality should be measured. Here...