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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">It gives me
great pleasure to share with you the publication of the latest issue of the
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) - Volume 4 Issue 2. See below a
listing of the papers in this issue. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The International Journal of E-Politics
(IJEP) </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">is an official publication
of the Information Resources Management Association.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"> </b>It is published<span style="color:black">: quarterly in Print and
Electronically by IGI</span> Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">ISSN:
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">1947-9131 <span style="color:black">EISSN: 1947-914X</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/ijep"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">www.igi-global.com/ijep</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Editor-in-Chief:
Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Special Issue on Information Technology and
Homeland Security</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Christopher G. Reddick, Department of Public
Administration, The University of Texas at San </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface,
click on the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid%3D93125%26ptid%3D71624%26ctid%3D15%26t%3DSpecial%20Issue%20on%20Information%20Technology%20and%20Homeland%20Security">http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid%3D93125%26ptid%3D71624%26ctid%3D15%26t%3DSpecial%20Issue%20on%20Information%20Technology%20and%20Homeland%20Security</a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">PAPER ONE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Beyond
Counterterrorism: Data Sharing, Privacy, and Organizational Histories of DHS
Fusion Centers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Priscilla M. Regan (Department of Public and
International Affairs,George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA) and Torin
Monahan (Department of Communication Studies, The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Decentralized organizational approaches to security
provision introduce new challenges for controlling information-sharing
practices, safeguarding civil liberties, and ensuring accountability.
Department of Homeland Security “fusion centers,” and the multiple
organizations and databases that are part of fusion centers, engender an
environment in which information is migrating beyond original purposes of
counterterrorism. Indeed, based on intensive qualitative research, the authors
have found that fusion centers that were originally oriented toward
“counterterrorism” have quickly broadened their scope to include all crimes,
and those that began as “all crimes” have migrated only marginally to
terrorism. This is the result of three quite predictable factors: fusion
centers have to be valuable to their states, there is too little activity that
is clearly terrorism related, and fusion center personnel have to use their
time and skills constructively. Nonetheless, even if local policing needs are
met through fusion-center funding and support, many of the activities of
fusion-center analysts lend themselves to mission creep and violations of civil
liberties.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/beyond-counterterrorism/93128">http://www.igi-global.com/article/beyond-counterterrorism/93128</a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To read a PDF sample of this article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93128">http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93128</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">PAPER TWO</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Privacy in the
21st Century: From the “Dark Ages” to “Enlightenment”?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Panagiotis Kitsos (UoM ITLaw Team, Department of
Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece) and
Aikaterini Yannoukakou (UoM ITLaw Team, Department of Applied Informatics,
University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The events of 9/11 along with the bombarding in
Madrid and London forced governments to resort to new structures of privacy
safeguarding and electronic surveillance under the common denominator of
terrorism and transnational crime fighting. Legislation as US PATRIOT Act and
EU Data Retention Directive altered fundamentally the collection, processing
and sharing methods of personal data, while it granted increased powers to
police and law enforcement authorities concerning their jurisdiction in
obtaining and processing personal information to an excessive degree. As an
aftermath of the resulted opacity and the public outcry, a shift is recorded
during the last years towards a more open governance by the implementation of
open data and cloud computing practices in order to enhance transparency and
accountability from the side of governments, restore the trust between the
State and the citizens, and amplify the citizens' participation to the decision-making
procedures. However, privacy and personal data protection are major issues in
all occasions and, thus, must be safeguarded without sacrificing national
security and public interest on one hand, but without crossing the thin line
between protection and infringement on the other. Where this delicate balance
stands, is the focal point of this paper trying to demonstrate that it is
better to be cautious with open practices than hostage of clandestine
practices.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/privacy-in-the-21st-century/93129">http://www.igi-global.com/article/privacy-in-the-21st-century/93129</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To read a PDF sample of this article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93129">http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93129</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">PAPER THREE</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) for Emergency Services: A Survey of Texas
Emergency Services Districts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Dianne Rahm (Department of Political Science, Texas
State University, San Marcos, TX, USA) and Christopher G. Reddick (Department
of Public Administration, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,
TX, USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">While most would suggest that more effective use of ICT
bodes well for emergency services, there are issues associated with the
introduction of such use. To explore these issues in Texas, the authors
administered a survey of Texas Emergency Services Districts (ESDs). These
districts are charged with delivery of emergency and medical services
throughout the state and receive modest tax revenue to fund operations. The
results show that in Texas ESDs political and organizational factors are
important. Budgets are closely related to the political process in the ESDs, so
politics plays a central role. Organizational culture and prevailing sentiments
in Texas ESDs are generally supportive of ICT adoption and use. While ICT is
seen as essential to service delivery, survey results show that problems of
interoperability of communication systems is an issue. The most commonly used
ICTs include email, GPS, Google Maps, standard web pages, Wi-Fi networks, smart
phones, reverse 911, emergency alerts, Facebook, and database management. GIS,
You Tube, VOIP, Cloud Computing, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digital Billboards, 311 for
non-emergency disaster, 3D mapping, blogs, podcasts, and Wikis were used by few
ESDs. When social media are used, they are not used in such a way as to encourage
wider participation of the community in information gathering rather they are
used only as an alternative traditional delivery service from the ESDs to the
community. Data analysis of past events is used to improve performance. Data
management issues of significant concerns include privacy and security.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/information-and-communication-technology-ict-for-emergency-services/93130">http://www.igi-global.com/article/information-and-communication-technology-ict-for-emergency-services/93130</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To read a PDF sample of this article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93130">http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=93130</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">PAPER FOUR</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The Gaza Strip as
Panopticon and Panspectron: The Disciplining and Punishing of a Society</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Michael Dahan (Sapir College, Sderot, Israel)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">This paper explores the different yet complementary
aspects of the panopticon and the panspectron using the case study of the
Israeli controlled Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip. Beginning with a
brief theoretical discussion of the concept of panopticon and panspectron
expanding on the existing literature, the paper moves on to discuss the
implementation of panoptical and panspectral technologies and practices in the
Gaza Strip and situates these within a larger framework of control of the
Palestinian population under Israeli occupation, and discusses seepage of these
surveillance technologies into Israeli society proper and beyond into the
international arena.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on
the link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-gaza-strip-as-panopticon-and-panspectron/93131">http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-gaza-strip-as-panopticon-and-panspectron/93131</a></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Usability
Evaluation of Pakistani Security Agencies Websites</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Saqib Saeed (Department of Computer Science, Bahria
University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan), Irfan Ahmed Malik (Department of
Computer Science, Bahria University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan) and Fazal
Wahab (Department of Computer Science, Bahria University Islamabad, Islamabad,
Pakistan)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">In the post 9/11 world, homeland security has become
focal issue for every country and governments are constantly improving security
mechanisms to protect their citizens. Pakistan being the front line state in
the war against terror is one of the heavily affected countries by terrorism.
Timely information dissemination to public by security agencies can help citizens
to be prepared and carry out protective measures. Information technology
artifacts and the internet can be very beneficial for information dissemination
purpose. In this paper the author specifically looked at Pakistani security
agency websites 1to evaluate usability aspects. Initially we conducted a
usability testing in lab setting, where our questions were based on Jakob
Nielson’s heuristics. In order to further validate our findings the authors
prepared a questionnaire and got it filled out by end users. Survey results
highlighted that these websites have several usability problems which need to
be rectified before they could effectively be used. The findings of the study
help e-government practitioners and policy makers to develop their websites
according to user needs.</p>
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the link below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Public
Administration and Information Technology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-weight:
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minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Reviewed by Yu-Che Chen, Department of Public
Administration, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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link below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid%3D93133%26ptid%3D71624%26ctid%3D17%26t%3DPublic%20Administration%20and%20Information%20Technology">http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid%3D93133%26ptid%3D71624%26ctid%3D17%26t%3DPublic%20Administration%20and%20Information%20Technology</a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">The mission of the <b>International Journal of E-Politics
(IJEP)</b> is to define and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an
emerging area of inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the
development of e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a
venue for empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics to
be published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics
in this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community of e-politics researchers
by serving as a “hub” for related activities, such as organizing seminars and
conferences on e-politics and publication of books on e-politics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:
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color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
color:black">Coverage of </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">IJEP</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:black">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">International
Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> focuses on three major topic areas: the
politics of information technology function and its role within organizations,
the politics of virtual communities and social networking communities, and the
role that electronic media plays in community activism and party politics at
the local, national, and international levels. Within these major areas,
specific topics of interest to be discussed in the journal include (but are not
limited to) the following:</span></p>
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minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">E-voting and electronically enabled
e-government</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Impact of globalization on the
political role played by the IT unit within organizations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Impact of race and gender on
electronically enabled political manipulations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Party politics and social activism</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Politics of diffusion of change
within organizations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Politics of social networking
communities, including: learning communities, customers' communities, e-dating
communities, gaming communities, support group communities, etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Politics of the IT function and role
in organizations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Politics of virtual communities and
social networking communities</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Politics of geographically based
virtual communities</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Use of electronic media for
surveillance manipulation and harassment</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Use of electronic media in industrial
and labor relations</span></p>
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minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Utilization of electronic media for
governance and politicking at the municipal, state, national, and international
levels</span></p>
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minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Utilization of electronic media for
political debate, information sharing, political decision making, and
fundraising </span></p>
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Celia Romm Livermore<br>
Editor-in-Chief <br>
International Journal of E-Politics<br>
E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:%20ak1667@wayne.edu"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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