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Wu, Yuehua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development and diffusion of information and communication technologies, particularly the internet, creates a worldwide trend of using ICTs and the internet to deliver public services. This new form of electronic administration--e-government--potentially offers great benefits to society in that it can enhance public service efficiency,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Information Dissemination, Telecommunications
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van Deursen, A. J. A. M.; van Dijk, J. A. G. M. – Government Information Quarterly, 2009
There are recent indications regarding the use of online public services that force the government to focus on the more refined conceptualizations digital divide research has produced. This paper addresses one of the factors that appears to be important in several conceptualizations of how to approach the digital divide; the differential…
Descriptors: Definitions, Internet, Foreign Countries, Federal Government
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Perritt, Henry H., Jr. – Government Information Quarterly, 1996
Discusses how open computer network architecture, along with the browsing capabilities of the World Wide Web, facilitates the dissemination of public information. Competitive markets will be created as those from the private sector package electronic information with value added. Copyright law and information pricing policies are outlined, and…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing
Karmakar, Nitya L. – 2002
The Internet remains as a wonder for the 21st century and its growth is phenomenon. According to a recent survey, the online population is now about 500 million globally and if this trend continues, it should reach 700 million by the end of 2002. This exponential growth of the Internet has given rise to several security, privacy and ethical…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Ethics, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
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Dawes, Sharon S.; Pardo, Theresa A.; DiCaterino, Ann – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Two Internet testbeds conducted at the New York State Center for Technology in Government (CTG) identified five threshold factors that shape a government agency's ability to initiate Web-based services: technical infrastructure, user capabilities, information content, cost, and security. Six kinds of benefits of the Web to deliver government…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Costs, Federal Government, Federal Programs
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Aldrich, Duncan – Government Information Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the Government Printing Office (GPO) plan for the transition to an electronic Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) that, through a network of partnerships comprised of the GPO, the National Archives and Records Administration, federal agencies, and FDLP libraries, will increase public access to government information. (JAK)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Depository Libraries, Electronic Libraries