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Investigating a two headed monster: e-government: crossing over from electronic era to digital revolution

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Jesus Cano Carrillo,

Carlos E. Jimenez-Gomez,

Francisco FalconeAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, Volume 46, Issue 4

Pages 12 - 17

https://doi.org/10.1145/3040489.3040492

Published: 13 January 2017 Publication History

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This article discusses the intersection of information and communication technologies in the context of vast government enterprises. While e-government in practice is only recently a multi-sector discipline, current research demonstrates it is a two-headed monster: on the one hand requiring critical social and political expertise, and, on the other, requiring an excellent engineering infrastructure. As a result, e-government is becoming a paradigmatic crossroad with the citizen at the center, and technology as the tool enabling those citizens to contribute to the social and political component. Here we highlight the evolution from simple electronic support of normal government processes to the emerging digital revolution, where citizens collaborate with government to form a true e-government along with challenges in implementing this vision.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.3233/IP-211518
Estevez Mendoza LCano J(2019)Analysing Dissenting Votes Through Electronic Justice From Online Posts to Streets: A Real Case2019 Sixth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)10.1109/ICEDEG.2019.8734366(64-68)Online publication date: Apr-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2019.8734366

Index Terms

Investigating a two headed monster: e-government: crossing over from electronic era to digital revolution
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Computing in government
      1. E-government

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ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society Volume 46, Issue 4

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ISSN:0095-2737

DOI:10.1145/3040489

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Escobar FAlmeida WVarajão J(2023)Digital transformation success in the public sectorInformation Polity10.3233/IP-21151828:1(61-81)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.3233/IP-211518
Estevez Mendoza LCano J(2019)Analysing Dissenting Votes Through Electronic Justice From Online Posts to Streets: A Real Case2019 Sixth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG)10.1109/ICEDEG.2019.8734366(64-68)Online publication date: Apr-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEDEG.2019.8734366

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