Handbook of Public Information Systems (Hardcover)

Warp-speed trends in information technology (IT) challenge schools of public administration and practitioners of public management to assimilate the implications for their domain. Some 60 contributors share their expertise in a comprehensive overview of multiple aspects of IT in the public sector including: the historical background of US federal reformation policy; related policy issues; the World Wide Web as the principal electronic gateway into government; impacts on economic, social, and information infrastructures; assessment and management of IT- associated risks; IT competencies; graduate education for public information system technology; and trends. Includes five case studies of public cyber-communication by legislators, educators, and in public health; and applications at the Federal, state, and local levels. The editor's concluding chapter summarizes leading recent theoretical perspectives on the interface between information systems and government/politics.