Developments in information and communication technology and
networked computing over the past two decades have given rise to
the notion of electronic government, most commonly used to refer to
the delivery of public services over the Internet. This volume
argues for a shift from the narrow focus of "electronic government"
on technology and transactions to the broader perspective of
information government--the information flows within the public
sector, between the public sector and citizens, and among
citizens--as a way to understand the changing nature of governing
and governance in an information society. The chapters discuss the
interplay between recent technological developments and evolving
information flows, and the implications of different information
flows for efficiency, political mobilization, and democratic
accountability. The chapters are accompanied by short case studies
from around the world, which cover such topics as electronic
government efforts in Singapore and Switzerland, the U.S
Environmental Protection Agency's effort to solicit input on
planned regulations over the Internet, and online activism
"cyberprotesting" globalization.ContributorsRobert D. Behn, Maria
Christina Binz-Scharf, Herbert Burkert, Lorenzo Cantoni, Cary
Coglianese, Martin J. Eppler, Jane E. Fountain, Monique Girard, Ake
Gronlund, Matthew Hindman, Edwin Lau, David Lazer, Viktor
Mayer-Schonberger, Ines Mergel, Gopal Raman, David Stark, Sandor
Vegh, Darrell M. West Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is Associate
Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University and chairs the Rueschlikon
Conferences on Information Policy. David Lazer is Associate
Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government and Director and founder of the Program on Networked
Governance at Harvard University. He is the editor of DNA and the
Criminal Justice System: The Technology of Justice (MIT Press,
2004)."
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