[AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS - Panel Session: The Role of e-Government in Administrative Reform

[Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon]

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CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS
Panel Session: The Role of e-Government in Administrative Reform: Towards New Forms of Governance, Democracy, and Accountability?

IMPORTANT DATES
November 1 2013: Closing date for abstract submissions
November 25 2013: Authors notified of outcome of their abstract submission
April 9-11 2014: IRSPM 2013 conference in Ottawa, Canada

PANEL DESCRIPTION
In the last decades, governments around the world started to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve various forms and aspects of government and governance. For instance, e-Government solutions have been introduced as a critical enabler for administrative reform in order to achieve better governance, more transparency, better quality services, and greater citizen involvement in the decision-making process.

Various ambitious demands placed on the design and delivery of 21st century government not only raise questions around how governments manage and implement seemingly competing interests in ICT-enabled administrative reform initiatives, but also if, and if so how and to what extent, the administrative reform objectives have been achieved through e-Government. Moreover, high expectations around ICT-enabled 'transformational' changes within the public sector and in its external relationships also leads to the question to what extent new forms of governance, democracy and accountability are emerging from the application and use of e-Government, and what the implications are for public management.

This panel intends to further explore these important issues around the role and actual outcomes of e-Government in administrative reform initiatives, and the implications for public management. It invites both theoretical and empirical papers that contribute to the existing body of knowledge around the role of ICTs in improving governance, accountability and democratic institutions in the public sector. Papers abstracts should include a short description of the topic, the research question(s) and method, and an indication of the research findings. Accepted papers for this panel will be considered for possible publication in the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR; www.igi-global.com/ijepr).

CHAIRS
Miriam Lips - Affiliation: School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington (miriam.lips at vuw.ac.nz)
David Spacek - Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University (david.spacek at econ.muni.cz)
Tino Schuppan - The Institute for eGovernment (schuppan at ifg.cc)
Carlos Nunes Silva - Institute of Geography & Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon (cs at campus.ul.pt)
Theresa Pardo - Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany (tpardo at ctg.albany.edu)

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Dr. J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, MPA
Research Director
Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, SUNY
187 Wolf Road, Suite 301, Albany, NY 12205
Tel.: (518) 442-5389 or 442-3892
E-mail: jgil-garcia at ctg.albany.edu
www.ctg.albany.edu

Author of the book "Enacting Electronic Government Success: An Integrative Study of
Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities and Institutions"
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6

Full Professor, Public Administration Department  (on Sabbatical)
Director of the Journal "Gestion y Politica Publica"
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)
Carretera Mexico-Toluca No. 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe,
C.P. 01210, Mexico, D.F., MEXICO
Tel.: +52 55 5727-9800, Ext. 2311<tel:%2B52%2055%205727-9800%2C%20Ext.%202311>, 2213, 9825
E-mail: joseramon.gil at cide.edu<mailto:joseramon.gil at cide.edu>
www.cide.edu<http://www.cide.edu/>

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