Innovations in E-Government

The Thoughts of Governors and Mayors

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

AvErwin A. Blackstone,Michael L. Bognanno,Simon Hakim

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In Innovations in E-Government, Erwin A. Blackstone, Michael L. Bognanno, and Simon Hakim make the case that E-government is expected to make middle management of lesser value and flatten the pyramid of management in government. Improved communications, measurability of output, and the greater accountability of workers will reduce the necessary level of worker supervision and reduce the need for middle management. In turn, decisions by top management become more transparent and their accountability will also rise. Thus, as a result of improved technology, government could become leaner. Workers will be more empowered, efficient, and accountable.When considering the long term effects of e-government on the structure and activities of government, increased transparency becomes a most beneficial aspect. When activities are reported, meetings are broadcast and information is easily accessed, citizens become more informed. This will make government more accountable and good governance in one locality will increase the pressure on others to also adopt the same innovations. E-government is a technological innovation and moves from an inefficient and mainly unaccountable bureaucracy to a new entrepreneurial and accountable culture. It enables workers at lower levels of the hierarchy to take part in and be accountable for decision-making. E-government is being used to improve the management of cities and to achieve a more efficient use of resources. In the long run, opportunities exist for e-government to bring about a reorganization of government, one that would reduce excessively bureaucratic processes and organizational structures. It is these changes that may ultimately bring the biggest cost savings to taxpayers.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-09-29
Mått159 x 228 x 23 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742549135

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Erwin A. Blackstone is professor of economics at Temple University and a senior research associate at the Center for Competitive Government at Temple University.Michael L. Bognanno is associate professor of economics at Temple University.Simon Hakim is professor of economics and director of the Center for Competitive Government at Temple University. He has co-edited more than a dozen books on crime and public safety, privatization and several on best practices of governors and mayors including The New Public Management: Lessons from Innovating Governors and Mayors (2002), and Making Government Work: Lessons from America's Governors and Mayors (2000).

Part 1 I. IntroductionChapter 2 1. Electronic Government: Review, Evaluation, and Anticipated ImpactPart 3 II. Increasing the Efficiency of Internal Government OperationsChapter 4 2. Information Technology and Homeland Security: The Federal PerspectiveChapter 5 3. Using Technology to Strengthen Government Accountability and Achieve True Regulatory ReformChapter 6 4. Citistat and Operational Efficiency in City GovernmentChapter 7 5. Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability: Improving the Quality of Life through E-GovernmentChapter 8 6. Information Technology as a Tool for Government ReformChapter 9 7. A Strategic Plan is Not OptionalChapter 10 8. Newark Brings Its Municipal Government OnlineChapter 11 9. GIS in San FranciscoChapter 12 10. High-Tech Communications Trailer: Enhanced Public SafetyPart 13 III. Facilitating Government To Business InteractionsChapter 14 11. The Commonwealth of eVA: Improving Government EfficiencyChapter 15 12. Making Government WorkChapter 16 13. The District's Business Resource Center: The Best in e-Customer ServicePart 17 IV. Improving Service Delivery To The PublicChapter 18 14. Digital Democracy in AlaskaChapter 19 15. The Evolution of E-Government in PennsylvaniaChapter 20 16. Streamlining In ArkansasChapter 21 17. Providing Digital Government Services Around the Clock Through the Louisiana Services DirectoryChapter 22 18. Georgia on My Mind: Providing Services to the PeopleChapter 23 19. The Development of South Dakota's Service Direct PortalChapter 24 20. Delivering the Promise of E-GovernmentChapter 25 21. City of Edmonton e-Business ProgramChapter 26 22. Using Technology and Making E-Government WorkChapter 27 23. Technology as an Investment in Neighborhoods: Tampa's Neighborhood Information PageChapter 28 24. E-Government Innovation in HonoluluChapter 29 25. Using Technology to Reduce and Improve ServiceChapter 30 26. Leveraging City Assets in a Public/Private Partnership to Build a Fibre Optic InfrastructureChapter 31 27. Applying Innovations in Mid-Sized Cities: 311 and Chattanooga's ResultsChapter 32 28. Transforming e-Government into E-Service

Innovations most effectively communicates that e-government can structurally improve public-sector operations and services using anecdotal experiences from governors and mayors around the country who describe their own experiences with making government more e-friendly. ... High-profile essays from the likes of Jeb Bush, Mark Warner, Rudy Giuliani, Willie Brown and Mark Forman share space with equally interesting and/or applicable overviews from lesser-known officials. Authors were chosen for their commitment to e-government implementation and relative success in doing so. Most are forthcoming with their management and information-gathering strategies at each stage of execution.