Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology (2 Volumes)

G. David Garson (North Carolina State University, USA) and Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781599048574

EISBN13: 9781599048581

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4

Description:

The use of information technology in the public sector has been an increasingly prominent international trend. With this rapid expansion comes many issues, challenges, and concerns relating to the application of public information technology.

The Handbook of Research of Public Information Technology compiles 76 authoritative contributions from 120 of the world's leading experts on the global trend toward the rapidly increasing use of information technology in the public sector. Discussing such issues as e-government and e-commerce, project management and information technology evaluation, system design and data processing, security and protection, and privacy,access, and ethics of public information technology, the Handbook of Research of Public Information Technology is a must-have for all academic, research, and public administration libraries.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Blogging
Community informatics
Data mining in public administration
Design of e-government applications
Digital Divide
Digital Government
Digital Libraries
E-census
E-Commerce
E-government and SMEs
E-government innovation
e-Government Services
Electronic transactions in government
E-participation research
Ethical and policy issues
Government Web sites
Interactive personalized catalogues
Internet-based citizen participation
IT in emergency response
Legal issues in information technology
Local e-government
Public administration modernization
Public information and security
Public information technology
Public sector human resources information systems
Public sector participation in open communities
Public wireless internet
Social Capital

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This volume brings together a wide range of research on the past, present, and future of the international trend toward greater and greater use of information technology in the public sector.

– G. David Garson, North Carolina State University, USA

This is a substantial resource, well-researched, up-to-date information useful to anyone involved in creating and maintaining the IT of public sector organizations.

– Book News Inc. (2008)

The editors and contributors have created what stands as the most comprehensive reference book on a public-sector IT to date, making it an essential resource for any research library covering the information technology field.

– Public CIO (2008)

G. David Garson is a full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. He was the recipient of the Donald Campbell Award (1995) from the policy studies organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award (1997) from the same organization. He is the author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), and Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995). In addition he is editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999), and the Handbook of Public Information Systems (1999). He has also authored or edited 17 other books and authored more than 50 articles. For the last 20 years he has served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals.

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA, MS, MBA, received his Doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University (Florida, USA), a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Florida Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Miami. Dr. Khosrow-Pour taught undergraduate and graduate information system courses at the Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg for nearly 20 years. He currently serves as Executive Editor at IGI Global Scientific Publishing (www.igi-global.com) and as Executive Director of the World Forgotten Children Foundation (www.worldforgottenchildren.org). He is the author/editor of more than 150 books and journal articles in the field of information technology management. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Encyclopedia of Modern Artificial Intelligence, Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), and the Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR).

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