Building the virtual state :information technology and institutional change
- 作者: Fountain, Jane E.
- 出版: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©2001.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: Public Affairs & Administration. , Internet , Informatietechnologie. , Electronic government information. , Verwaltung , Informatique. , Staat , Gouvernements d'États fédérés , COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General , Internet. , Regierung , Information sur l'État électronique. , State governments , Informationstechnik , Data processing. , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Electronic books. , Atarazanas , Gouvernements d'États fédérés États-Unis -- Informatique. , Overheidsvoorlichting. , POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Affairs & Administration. , Öffentlicher Sektor , Openbaar bestuur. , State governments Data processing.
- ISBN: 0815798903 , 9780815798903
- ISBN: 0815700784 , 9780815700784 , 0815700776 , 9780815700777
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Leveraging cyberspace to reinvent government -- Networked computing -- Bureaucracy -- Interorganizational networks -- Enacting technology -- The international trade data system -- Enacting international trade -- A virtual agency for business -- Command and control in cyberspace.
- 摘要: "In Building the Virtual State, Jane Fountain explains how government must evolve to become part of the Internet revolution. Fountain calls on government agencies to abandon outmoded bureaucratic tendencies in favor of a less centralized approach to providing services. This requires a change not only in the way government executives think, but also in the way they view their relationships with citizens. They must answer questions regarding costs and maintenance of Internet portals, and at the same time assure citizens that their privacy will be protected." "The creation of this "virtual state," Fountain argues, will not be easy, exposing much of the structural obsolescence of our current bureaucracy. However, if our government is to serve its central purpose - to work for its citizens and provide them with the opportunity to excel - it must embrace this change. It must negotiate the solutions to the internal questions of management, as well as external questions of protection of privacy and capability of use by all citizens. The outcome of this struggle will likely determine the extent to which the American government will be recast in the Information Age and whether its citizens will emerge as winners or losers."--Jacket.
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The benefits of using technology to remake government seem almost infinite. The promise of such programs as user-friendly "virtual agencies" and portals where citizens can access all sections of government from a single website has excited international attention. The potential of a digital state cannot be realized, however, unless the rigid structures of the contemporary bureaucratic state change along with the times. Building the Virtual State explains how the American public sector must evolve and adapt to exploit the possibilities of digital governance fully and fairly. The book finds that many issues involved in integrating technology and government have not been adequately debated or even recognized. Drawing from a rich collection of case studies, the book argues that the real challenges lie not in achieving the technical capability of creating a government on the web, but rather in overcoming the entrenched organizational and political divisions within the state. Questions such as who pays for new government websites, which agencies will maintain the sites, and who will ensure that the privacy of citizens is respected reveal the extraordinary obstacles that confront efforts to create a virtual state. These political and structural battles will influence not only how the American state will be remade in the Information Age, but also who will be the winners and losers in a digital society.
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