[AISWorld] IJPADA 1(1) Abstract Announcement

[Chris Reddick]

The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association<http://www.irma-international.org/membership/>
Volume 1, Issue 1, January - March 2014
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 2334-4520; EISSN: 2334-4539;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijpada<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-public-administration-digital/70583>

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Christopher G. Reddick (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

PREFACE

Editorial Preface

Christopher G. Reddick (Department of Public Administration, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA)

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ARTICLE 1

Big Data for Digital Government: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies

Yu-Che Chen (School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA), Tsui-Chuan Hsieh (Department of Information Management, National Development Council, Taiwan)

“Big data” is one of the emerging and critical issues facing government in the digital age. This study first delineates the defining features of big data (volume, velocity, and variety) and proposes a big data typology that is suitable for the public sector. This study then examines the opportunities of big data in generating business analytics to promote better utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) resources and improved personalization of e-government services. Moreover, it discusses the big data management challenges in building appropriate governance structure, integrating diverse data sources, managing digital privacy and security risks, and acquiring big data talent and tools. An effective big data management strategy to address these challenges should develop a stakeholder-focused and performance-oriented governance structure and build capacity for data management and business analytics as well as leverage and prioritize big data assets for performance. In addition, this study illustrates the opportunities, challenges, and strategy for big service data in government with the E-housekeeper program in Taiwan. This brief case study offers insight into the implementation of big data for improving government information and services. This article concludes with the main findings and topics of future research in big data for public administration.

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www.igi-global.com/article/big-data-for-digital-government/106541<http://www.igi-global.com/article/big-data-for-digital-government/106541>

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ARTICLE 2

Trends in e-Strategic Management: How do Governments Transform their Policies?

Leonidas Anthopoulos (Department of Project Management, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece, Larissa, Greece), Panos Fitsilis (Department of Project Management, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece, Larissa, Greece)

More than a decade has passed since the conception of major Government e-strategies and significant outcomes have been delivered worldwide concerning information technology infrastructure and e-service deployment. Already, major e-Strategies have closed their lifecycles and have been reviewed. British “t-Government” and Obama's “Open Government Initiative” are only some of the transformation results, where citizens have been placed in the center of the strategic planning and e-Government priorities have been reconsidered. This paper addresses an important issue: the identification of international e-strategic transformation and the recognition of patterns for e-strategic transformation. A methodological analysis of major e-strategies is performed according to strategic lifecycle management tool and patterns for e-strategic evolution are structured.

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www.igi-global.com/article/trends-in-e-strategic-management/106542<http://www.igi-global.com/article/trends-in-e-strategic-management/106542>

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ARTICLE 3

Government Spending Transparency on the Internet: An Assessment of Greek Bottom-Up Initiatives over the Diavgeia Project

Evika Karamagioli (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, Athens, Greece), Eleni-Revekka Staiou (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Dimitris Gouscos (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

The objective of this article is to present four civil society initiatives that attempt to scrutinize government spending using open data from the Greek government OpenGov initiative Diavgeia project (“diavgeia”, in Greek, standing for lucidity). In a period of strong economic recession, Greece is facing one of the most intense social and political crisis of its history, with citizens characterized by substantial disenchantment with politics and a cynical stance about their government and representatives. The Diavgeia project was launched in 2010 by the Greek government with the objective to bring back transparency and trust in the political process, enabling online insights into government spending. By reviewing current bottom-up initiatives in Greece that are using data from Diavgeia in an effort to serve the principles of transparency, openness, and offering public data in a manner easy to understand, evaluate and re-use, we discuss the role of open government mechanisms in introducing a new relation between citizens and policy-makers, tackling contemporary political challenges of democratic societies and reconnecting ordinary people with politics and policy-making.

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www.igi-global.com/article/government-spending-transparency-on-the-internet/106543<http://www.igi-global.com/article/government-spending-transparency-on-the-internet/106543>

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ARTICLE 4

The Adoption of Web 2.0 by the State Government: The Role of Political Environment and Governors

Michael J. Ahn (Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA), Michael Berardino (Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA )

The emergence of Web 2.0 introduced a new potential in e-government which empowers citizens to share information and mobilize spontaneously online, and enables citizens to communicate directly with the government and its elected officials while significantly lowering some of the traditional barriers of e-government adoption such as the lack of financial resources and technical expertise in government. This paper examined the pattern of Web 2.0 adoption on state web portals to identify key factors influencing its adoption. The results suggest that while the potential of the new technology is immense, its adoption is constrained by a number of political factors. In particular, the authors find that there is disinclination toward adopting Web 2.0 by incumbent governors while the technology was favored by governors who are newly elected into their office. Moreover, there was disinclination toward the new technology by governors with high approval rating while those with low approval rating sought to adopt them. Our findings point to a perception by governors about Web 2.0 as a powerful and effective instrument of communication but, at the same time, politically risky, creating disincentive to adopt the technology by governors with established political support. There is a “more to lose” mentality about Web 2.0 by political actors with high level of political support while “less to lose” by those with thin political support. This research sketches a picture of Web 2.0 adoption in government where political instability and newcomers facilitates the use of Web 2.0 increasing dialogue and communication with citizens while higher levels of political stability and support reduces the use of Web 2.0, diminishing the channel of communication created by the new technology.

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www.igi-global.com/article/the-adoption-of-web-20-by-the-state-government/106544<http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-adoption-of-web-20-by-the-state-government/106544>

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ARTICLE 5

Cloud Computing and Gov 2.0: Traditionalism or Transformation across the Canadian Public Sector?

Jeffrey Roy (School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada)

This article seeks to dissect the evolution of digital governance within the Canadian public sector at an expansionary time for cloud computing and wider reforms often referred to as Gov 2.0. Beyond infrastructure, the notion of the cloud may also be viewed as a proxy for a wider societal transformation that, in turn, impacts government both administratively and politically. This wider transformational nonetheless faces tensions between traditional proprietary concepts and mindsets and newer emerging models of open source and shared openness. The future of the Canadian public sector requires a careful navigation and blending of these two worldviews. While some observers may prefer to decouple cloud computing from new governance capacities associated with Gov 2.0 (viewing the cloud instead strictly through a prism of internal architecture and infrastructure), the evidence presented in this article suggests that both directions are intimately related in shaping the public sector going forward.

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www.igi-global.com/article/cloud-computing-and-gov-20/106545<http://www.igi-global.com/article/cloud-computing-and-gov-20/106545>

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ARTICLE 6

IT and Collaborative Community Services: The Roles of the Public Library, Local Government, and Nonprofit Entity Partnerships

Natalie Greene Taylor (College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA), Ursula Gorham (College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA), Paul T. Jaeger (College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA), John Carlo Bertot (College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA)

The role that the Internet has played in redefining the activities of public sector organizations is well-documented. What has yet to be fully explored, however, are recent collaborations among community-oriented entities (local government agencies, public libraries, and non-profit organizations) to provide enhanced services through innovative uses of information technology. These collaborative community services are enhanced by information technology, but also framed within the context of the organizations supporting the services. Using data from the 2011-2012 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Survey (PLFTAS), and drawing upon ongoing research into e-government partnerships between libraries, government agencies, and community organizations as well as community-based civic engagement initiatives, this paper will frame this issue within the contexts of local e-government in the United States; the relationship between public libraries, e-government, and the Internet; and innovative partnerships between public libraries, local government, and nonprofit entities. The article discusses both best practices and common challenges among these partnerships as a guide to future projects.

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www.igi-global.com/article/it-and-collaborative-community-services/106546<http://www.igi-global.com/article/it-and-collaborative-community-services/106546>

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ARTICLE 7

>From Software-Based To Knowledge-Based Policy Implementation and Compliance

Yiwei Gong (Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands), Marijn Janssen (Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands)

Law-making is inextricably bound up with the developments of e-government. Yet translating legislation into administrative processes and services has been extremely complex, taking a long time and involving many manual tasks. This problem is further complicated by the increasing amount of legislation and the frequent changes of legislation. Recent technology innovations enable a shift from implementation and maintenance of e-government services by software configuration and engineering towards implementation and maintenance based on knowledge representation. Despite the many benefits such as faster, cheaper and easier implementation, adoption has been limited. In this paper we describe these developments and compare software-based with knowledge-based implementation and maintenance. Based on a case study, we identify success factors and challenges from moving towards knowledge-based implementation and maintenance in the aspects of motivation, architecture, technique, expertise and finance.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJPADA:

The mission of the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) is to examine the impact of information technology (IT) on public and nonprofit organizations. Through its mission IJPADA examines the impact of IT on reforming and changing public and nonprofit organizations. This journal compares the adoption of IT in public and nonprofit organizations in developed and developing countries. IJPADA will examine emerging and innovative technologies and their adoption in public and nonprofit organizations. This journal also examines differences in the adoption of IT in private and public sector organizations.

Coverage of IJPADA:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

  *   Administrative law and IT
  *   Digital divide
  *   E-Governance
  *   E-Government
  *   Emergency management and IT
  *   Emerging technologies in the public sector
  *   Environment policy and IT
  *   Internet and public administration
  *   Leadership and IT
  *   Mobile technology and government
  *   Nonprofit fundraising and IT
  *   Nonprofit management and IT
  *   Political institutions and processes and IT adoption
  *   Public budgeting and finance and IT
  *   Public human resource management and information systems
  *   Public management and IT
  *   Public policy and IT
  *   Public sector organizational change and IT
  *   Urban management/planning and IT
Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-public-administration-digital/70583<http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-public-administration-digital/70583>
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