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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Colleagues</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We would like to invite you to submit your work for possible publication in
<b><i>Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TGPPP)</i></b>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Transforming Government</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> publishes leading scholarly and practitioner
research on the subject of transforming Government through its people, processes and policy. Unique and progressive in its approach, the journal seeks to recognise both the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives of e-Government, and welcomes
both pure and applied research that impacts central and local Government. International perspectives are also welcome. The journal is also interested in exploring how research carried out in the private sector can be applied to the public sector as a means
of improving efficiency and effectiveness. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The journal is moving towards ninth year
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">of publication.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Coverage:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Coverage of TGPPP is international and focused on original research in e-Government ICT, service chain issues, public sector management, policy implications
of developing an e-Government environment, and organisational and human resource issues. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Electronic Government Applications: Government to citizen; Government to business; Government to Government; and Government to employees
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Process management and integration
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Governance and electronic democracy
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Benefits, barriers and risks of e-Government
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Policy
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Electronic Information Security Management
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Privacy
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Access
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Systems
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Internal Government Processes and Intranets
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Technology Adoption and Diffusion
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Service Chain Management
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submission Process and Authors Guidelines:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Submissions should be made through the online submission system as:
<a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=tg#1">
Online Submission System</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the editor. We would like to thank you in advance for your interest and contribution to the TGPPP. We look forward to
hearing from you soon.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kind Regard</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">s</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kamal</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Muhammad Mustafa Kamal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management (PhD, MSc DCS, OCP ‘DBA’, MCS, BBA)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">T:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0) 1895 267728</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> |
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">F:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0) 1895 269775
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">|
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Twitter:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">@muhammadmkamal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Brunel University London
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Brunel Business School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Eastern Gateway Building, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">T:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> +44 (0) 1895 274000
| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">F:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0) 1895 232806<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Connect with the university on
<b><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Official-Brunel-University-London-Alumni-60617?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr"><span style="color:#17365D">LinkedIn</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/bruneluni"><span style="color:#17365D">Twitter</span></a>,
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