Beyond Smart and Connected Governments

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy and the Research Director of the Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). He is also an affiliated professor of the Business School at Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Mexico. His research interests include collaborative electronic government, smart cities and smart governments, digital divide policies, emergent technologies, new public management, public policy evaluation, and multi-method research approaches.Theresa A. Pardo is Director of CTG UAlbany at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where she is also a Full Professor of Research in Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Dr. Pardo serves as OpenNY Adviser to New York State’s Governor Cuomo and is chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee.Mila Gasco-Hernandezis the Associate Research Director of the Center for Technology in Government, as well as a Research Associate Professor at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, both at the University at Albany – SUNY. Her areas of research are mainly related to information and technology in government and, among other, they include electronic and open government, e-governance, public sector innovation, smart cities, and public policy evaluation.

• Chapter 1. Internet of Things and the Public Sector.- Chapter 2. The Internet of Things in a smart society: how government policy can help seize opportunities and mitigate threats.- Chapter 3. Methodologies for a participatory design of IoT to deliver sustainable public services in 'smart cities'.- Chapter 4. Identifying Security Challenges in the IoT for the Public Sector: A Systematic Review.- Chapter 5. Using Blockchain Technology to Manage IoT Data for Smart City Initiatives: A Conceptual Framework and Initial Experiments based on Smart Contracts.- Chapter 6. Awareness and Smart City Implementations Sensing, Sensors, and the IoT in the Public Sector.- Chapter 7. Use of the Internet of Things in Public Governance for Law Enforcement and Inspection: The Case of Russia.- Chapter 8. The recognition of the new digital entrepreneurs in France: the case of the French Tech with the emergence of the Internet of Things.- Chapter 9. Citizen Participation inSmart Government: A Conceptual Model and Two IoT Case Studies.