Emergency communication networks provide the basis for preparing for, and responding to, manmade and natural disasters. With the increasing importance of information security, emergency network operators such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local and national governmental agencies, and traditional network operators must deal with the possibility of sabotage and hacking of such network...

Sydney Harbour has traditionally been seen as a classic case of fragmented governance, involving a multitude of agencies with partial and overlapping responsibilities and often conflicting agendas, and the management of Sydney Harbour being an outcome of the interplay between them. In 1998 this fragmentation was addressed by the appointment of a Sydney Harbour Manager, with a concern to harmoni...

The administrative burden the government puts on citizens is substantial, whereas, generally speaking, service levels are low and a ‘customer’ orientation is lacking. There is a growing understanding that e-government can play an important role in tackling these issues by better exchange of information and electronic availability. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of an e-gov...

Natural disasters and emergencies create the need for communication between and among the affected populace and emergency responders as well as other parties such as governmental agencies and aid organizations. Such communications include the dissemination of key information such as evacuation orders and locations of emergency shelters. In particular, the coordination of efforts between respond...

The continuing rapid convergence of government and e-technologies presents new opportunities for research to investigate the ways citizens interact with egovernment. The literature in the area is, however, still in its infancy with little or no theoretically grounded empirical research conducted in the area. The present research investigates citizen experience with e-government in the United St...

As part of its recently renewed interest in Africa, the European Commission has funded the 2-year project “AÏDA Advancing ICT for DRM (Disaster Risk Management) in Africa”. AÏDA is primarily an inventory of the ICT situation in Africa – at continental, regional and national scales – to guide European funding decisions in R&D and capacity building in Africa. The first project objective was to de...

A project proposal is the first step to us to get funding from anywhere. You need to write a proposal to your advisor, your university, your company, your city, state, governmental agencies (USGS, USDA, NSF, NASA, NOAA, DoEd, DOE, ....) for any funding opportunity. A proposal for a small amount of fund is usually 5 pages; for a standard and multi-year proposal to governmental agencies, it is us...

Illicit trade in tobacco products presents a threat to public health because it undermines the use of tax and price policies, which are among the most effective mechanisms for reducing tobacco consumption. Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) are in the final stages of negotiating a protocol aimed at strengthening international cooperation in the fight against illic...