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Call for book reviewers: public admin. & information technology area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Garson@social.chass.ncsu.edu)
Wed Jan 27 20:08:24 1999
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:08:41 -0500
From: Garson@social.chass.ncsu.edu
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Reply-To: "\"G.David Garson <\"G.David Garson" <garson@social.chass.ncsu.edu>"@unity.ncsu.edu>"@unity.ncsu.edu
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Idea Group Publishing is pleased to announce the release of
"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: ISSUES AND TRENDS," edited by G.
David Garson, Ph.D., North Carolina State University (USA).
Currently we are looking for individuals for possible consideration to
receive a review copy of this book to do a book review for potential
publication in an appropriate journal in the public administration
discipline.
Written by noted academics and public administration practitioners, this
anthology covers the management of public information technology,
focusing on its politics, organizational change, policy evolution,
investment management, access, privacy and other administrative
issues. Additional topics include technology diffusion, control systems,
data analysis, geographic information systems, agency websites, online
research and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Teaching Information Technology in Public
Administration Graduate Programs Alana Northrop, California State
University at Fullerton
Chapter 2: Political Dimensions of Information Systems in Public
Administration
Bruce Rocheleau, Northern Illinois University
Chapter 3: Information Technology and Organizational Change in the
Public Sector Sonal J. Seneviratne, University of Southern California >
Chapter 4: The Evolution of Information Technology Management at the
>Federal Level: Implications for Public Administration >Stephen H.
Holden, Internal Revenue Service
Chapter 5: Strategic Planning for Public Sector Information Management
in >State Government >Patricia D. Fletcher,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County > >
Chapter 6: Managing Information Privacy and Information Access in the
>Public Sector >George T. Duncan, Carnegie Mellon University >
Chapter 7: Electronic Governance on the Internet >Michael Warren and
Louis Weschler, Arizona State University
Chapter 8: Leading Edge Information Technologies and Their
Adoption: Lessons From U.S. Cities >Donald F. Norris, Maryland
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research
Chapter 9: Management Information Systems in the Public Sector
>Richard Heeks, University of Manchester, England
Chapter 10: The Software Toolkit Approach for Public Administrators
>Carl Grafton and Anne Permaloff, Auburn University at Montgomery
Chapter 11: Computers, Survey Research and Focus Groups in
Public Administration Research and Practice Michael S. Vasu and Ellen
Storey Vasu, North Carolina State University
Chapter 12: Managing Geographic Information Systems in the Public
Sector T.R. Carr, Southern Illinois State University
Chapter 13: Legal Aspects of Electronic Mail in Public Organizations
Charles Prysby, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Nicole Prysby, Attorney-at-Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
Chapter 14: World Wide Web Site Design and Use in Public
Management >Carmine Scavo and Yuhang Shi, East Carolina University
Chapter 15: Online Research for Public Managers
G. David Garson, North Carolina State University
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
ISSUES AND TRENDS
G. David Garson, Copyright 1999, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA
(USA), ISBN: 1-878289-52-7, 312 pages (hard cover), US$64.95
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For full contents of the above book, check in your
institution's library.
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G. David Garson Editor, Social Science Computer Review
NCSU Box 8102 Full Professor, Department of Political
Raleigh, NC 27695-8102 Science & Public Administration, NCSU
Express Mail, add: Tel. 919-515-3067
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