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Public Information Technology is a comprehensive, well-balanced and up-to-date resource on public information technology and e-government.
Written to reflect the rapidly changing state of the field, the Second Edition integrates leading social science theories into each chapter, including technological determinism, sociotechnical theory, systems theory, and reinforcement theory. It provides practical insight and additional coverage of the topics through case studies contributed by experts. There is a chapter on the history of public information technology legislation and executive action. Particular focus is given to U.S. federal IT policy and management, as well as information on state, local, and international policy and management.
The information is presented with the critical discussions of security policy, causes of information technology failure in the public sector, and evaluating information technology projects, including public web portals.
New to the Second Edition:
Elaboration on significant issues pertaining to network governance;
Cross organizational integration and interoperability; and enterprise architecture design, development, and management
Additional insights on the impact of information technology on government service delivery.
PartI Introduction
Chapter1 The Vision of E-Governance
Chapter2 A Brief History of Public-Sector Information Technology Policy Initiatives
PartII Politics and Policy
Chapter3 E-Democracy
Chapter4 Information Equality and the Digital Divide
Chapter5 Information Access and Governmental Transparency
Chapter6 Information Technology and Privacy
Chapter7 Security Policy
Chapter8 Regulation and Taxation Issues
PartIII Management
Chapter9 The E-Government Business Model
Chapter10 Partnering, Outsourcing, Contracting, and Procurement
Chapter11 Planning for Public Information Systems
Chapter12 Needs Assessment and Project Management
PartIV Implementation
Chapter13 Implementation Success Factors
Chapter14 Evaluation of Public Information Systems
PartV Public Information Technology, Organizaion Behavoir, and Organization Theory
Chapter15 Organization Behavior and Organization Theory
Mary Maureen Brown (Ph.D. University of Georgia) is a Professor of Public Administration at University of North Carolina Charlotte, a Senior Fellow with the Center for Excellence in Municipal Management at George Washington University, and has served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.Brown has over 15 years experience in cross-organizational information systems integration in government.For the past four years she has been the principal investigator of a multi-million dollar research grant with the U.S. Department of Defense for the development and design of a program methodology for the acquisition of joint information systems.Her research interests center on systems engineering, inter-organizational theory, research methods, and program planning.She has extensive experience in the design and development of various technologies for the purposes of reengineering government work processes and facilitating cross-organizational information sharing. G. David Garson is full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on advanced research methodology, geographic information systems, information technology, e-government, and American government. In 1995 he was recipient of the Donald Campbell Award from the Policy Studies Organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and in 1997 of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award from the same organization. In 1999 he won the Okidata Instructional Web Award from the Computers and Multimedia Section of the American Political Science Association, in 2002 received an NCSU Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology, and in 2003 received an award "For Outstanding Teaching in Political Science" from the American Political Science Association and the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. He is editor of Public Information Systems: Policy and Management Issues (2003), coeditor of Digital Government: Principles and Practices (2003), coauthor of Crime Mapping (2003), author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999), and Handbook of Public Information Systems (1999, 2004), and is author of Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995), Geographic Databases and Analytic Mapping (1992), and is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of 17 other books and author or coauthor of over 50 articles. He has also created award-winning American Government computer simulations, CD-ROMs, and six web sites for Prentice-Hall and Simon & Schuster (1995-1999). For the last 22 years he has also served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals. He is currently principal investigator for the N.C. Governor's Crime Commission on "Using Neural Network Analysis and GIS to Model Crime Data" (2001-2004) and two other crime research grants. Professor Garson received his undergraduate degree in political science from Princeton University (1965) and his doctoral degree in government from Harvard University (1969).
