Electronic Government : Information System in Public Administration

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Defining e-government. 3. The goals of e-government. 4. The uses of e-government. 5. E-government phases, formats and services. 6. Planning and designing e-government projects. 7. E-government and human development. 8. The challenges of e-government. 9. The importance of a national strategic framework for e-government. 10. Making e-government happen. 11. E-government in India: opportunities and challenges. 12. E-government initiatives in India. 13. The impact of Indian e-government initiatives: issues of poverty and vulnerability reduction and conflict. 14. Challenges of e-government implementation in India. 15. National e-governance plan. 16. E-government and e-governance: domain framework and status around the world. 17. India e-government initiative: universal usability. 18. E-democracy. 19. E-government and democracy: societal context of information and communication age. 20. Towards an e-governance grid for India (E-ggi): an architectural framework for citizen services delivery. 21. Digital divide, e-democracy and e-governance. 22. E-participation. 23. E-participation in policy making: the research and the challenges. 24. The un global e-government readiness survey. Bibliography.

"Digital government is a new frontier of the development of electronic commerce. Electronic government strategies and implementation is a timely piece to address the issues involved in strategically implementing digital government, covering the various aspects of digital government strategic issues and implementations from the perspectives of both developed and developing countries. This book combines e-government implementation experiences from both developed and developing countries, and is useful to researchers and practitioners in the area as well as instructors teaching courses related to digital government and/or electronic commerce." (jacket)