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CALL FOR PAPERS *********************
(official announcement: http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers-special/international-journal-public-administration-digital/70583)
PAPER SUBMISSION DUE DATE: October 31, 2013
SPECIAL
ISSUE ON e-Government Efficiency and Return-of-Investment
International Journal of Public
Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
Guest Editor: Leonidas G. Anthopoulos
Technological
Education Institute of Thessaly, Greece
INTRODUCTION:
e-Government evolution has been based on
ambitious strategies and on extensive funding on complex programmes in order to
achieve in contextual objectives: simplified access to public services; openness;
accountability; transparency; citizen engagement. In U.S.A. only, Federal
Government has invested an annual amount of $70 billion on ICT during the last
decade. However, the outcomes from these investments are questioned. For
instance, in Europe the objective of the 20 common public services that has
been identified in 1999 under the e-Europe strategies, has not yet been
achieved by all member States. On the other hand, citizen expectations have not
been met and e-Government adoption is low at an average international level. Various
investigations (i.e., by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)) show
a steady but low improvement regarding citizen expectations, which cannot be
easily justified by the invested capitals.
Enterprises evaluate the efficiency of an
investment with various methods, such as Net Present Value, Return of
Investment etc. Although Governments do not invest with similar perspectives to
the private sector, scholars argue about the earned value from e-Government
investments, while it is important to evaluate Government efficiency and
e-Government outcomes’ achievement compared to the invested capitals.
OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
This
issue aims to collect and present recent findings with regard to e-Government
progress and to explain whether a return-of-investment (ROI) method or other
similar methods are appropriate to be applied on e-Government spending
evaluation. More specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:
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How
much Governments are being or have been invested on e-Government in different
countries or regions?
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How
differently international organizations (i.e., United Nations, OECD, World
Bank, European Commission etc.) measure e-Government efficiency?
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How
can e-Government success be measured with regard to public spending?
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What
measures/indexes are appropriate to measure Government efficiency’s change with
regard to e-Government?
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Has
e-Government spending resulted in a better Government?
These questions
become more important to be answered due to the recent fiscal recession, which
influences political decisions regarding public investments.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this
special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Accountability,
openness, transparency and public service progress with regard to e-Government
investments.
- Measuring
e-Government efficiency, success and adoption
- Case
Studies regarding e-Government investments
- E-Government
program management
- Government
investment evaluation methods
- e-Government
earned value measurement methods
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers
and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on e-Government
Efficiency and Return-of-Investment on or
before October 31, 2013. All submissions must be original and may not be
under review by another publication. INTERESTED
AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a
double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA
style for reference citations.
ABOUT International Journal of
Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA):
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Editor-in-Chief: Christopher G. Reddick
Published: Quarterly (both in Print
and Electronic form)
PUBLISHER:
The International Journal of Public Administration in
the Digital Age (IJPADA) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science
Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
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All
submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:
Leonidas G. Anthopoulos
Guest Editor
International Journal of Public
Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
E-mail: lanthopo@teilar.gr