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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief of Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, we are very pleased to announce the release of this issue.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Please see below for a detailed description of the contents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Muhammad Kamal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Table of contents: Volume 7 issue 1 - Current Issue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Published: 2013, Start page: p6 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="85%" noshade style='color:gray' align=left></span></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Article Id:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Article Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083673 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>The use of E-Payment in the distribution of social welfare in Ireland: Charting the daily experience of recipients</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Csaba Csáki, Leona O'Brien, Kieran Giller, J.B. McCarthy, Kay-Ti Tan, Frédéric Adam (pp. 6 - 26)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Citizen participation<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-Government<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-Payment<span style='color:black'>, </span>Financial exclusion<span style='color:black'>, </span>G2C<span style='color:black'>, </span>ICT<span style='color:black'>, </span>Ireland<span style='color:black'>, </span>Payment instruments<span style='color:black'>, </span>Payments<span style='color:black'>, </span>Social benefits<span style='color:black'>, </span>Social welfare payments<span style='color:black'>, </span>Social welfare policy<span style='color:black'>, </span>Transformational government<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Case study<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083674 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluating alternative theoretical models for examining citizen centric adoption of e-government</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Nripendra P. Rana, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Michael D. Williams (pp. 27 - 49)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Adoption<span style='color:black'>, </span>Alternative theories<span style='color:black'>, </span>Citizen participation<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-government<span style='color:black'>, </span>Empirical evaluation<span style='color:black'>, </span>Government services<span style='color:black'>, </span>Information services<span style='color:black'>, </span>Information services<span style='color:black'>, </span>Information technology<span style='color:black'>, </span>Meta-analysis<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Research paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083675 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Transforming local government by project portfolio management: Identifying and overcoming control problems</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Lars Kristian Hansen, Pernille Krćmmergaard (pp. 50 - 75)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Control problems<span style='color:black'>, </span>Control theory<span style='color:black'>, </span>Denmark<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-government<span style='color:black'>, </span>Formal mechanisms<span style='color:black'>, </span>Informal mechanisms<span style='color:black'>, </span>IT project portfolio management<span style='color:black'>, </span>Local government<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Case study<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083676 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Institutional entrepreneurs: The driving force in institutionalization of public systems in developing countries</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Fathul Wahid, Maung K. Sein (pp. 76 - 92)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Developing countries<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-government<span style='color:black'>, </span>Entrepreneurs<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-procurement<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><span style='color:black'> </span>Indonesia<span style='color:black'>, </span>Institutional entrepreneurship<span style='color:black'>, </span>Institutional isomorphism<span style='color:black'>, </span>Institutional logic<span style='color:black'>, </span>Institutional theory<span style='color:black'>, </span>Organizational analysis<span style='color:black'>, </span>Public systems<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Research paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083677 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Diverging approaches to benefits realization from public ICT investments: A study of benefits realization methods in Norway</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Řyvind Hellang, Leif Skiftenes Flak, Tero Päivärinta (pp. 93 - 108)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Accountability<span style='color:black'>, </span>Benefits management model<span style='color:black'>, </span>Benefits realisation approaches<span style='color:black'>, </span>Benefits realisation methods<span style='color:black'>, </span>Costs<span style='color:black'>, </span>eGovernment<span style='color:black'>, </span>Information systems<span style='color:black'>, </span>Norway<span style='color:black'>, </span>Public sector<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Research paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=72 valign=top style='width:54.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083678 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.3pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>A domain model for online community building and collaboration in eGovernment and policy modelling</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Eleni Kaliva, Eleni Panopoulou, Efthimios Tambouris, Konstantinos Tarabanis (pp. 109 - 136)<br>Keywords: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Computer software<span style='color:black'>, </span>Domain analysis<span style='color:black'>, </span>Domain model<span style='color:black'>, </span>E-government<span style='color:black'>, </span>Online collaboration<span style='color:black'>, </span>Online community building<span style='color:black'>, </span>Online operations<span style='color:black'>, </span>Policy modelling<span style='color:black'><br>Article type: Research paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Book Review<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=78 valign=top style='width:58.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Article Id:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=462 valign=top style='width:346.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.4pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Article Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=78 valign=top style='width:58.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083672 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=462 valign=top style='width:346.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Transformational Government through eGov Practice: Socioeconomic, Culture, and Technological Issues<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Ameneh Deljoo<br>pp. 137 </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>–</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> 137<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=78 valign=top style='width:58.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'></td><td width=462 valign=top style='width:346.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Editorial<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=78 valign=top style='width:58.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>17083679 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=450 valign=top style='width:337.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Editorial<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-5.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Zahir Irani, Muhammad Kamal<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>