Information technology in government : Britain and America / / Helen Margetts
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| Autore: |
Margetts Helen
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| Titolo: |
Information technology in government : Britain and America / / Helen Margetts
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/33/0941 |
| 351.0285 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Information technology - Government policy - United States |
| Information technology - Government policy - Great Britain | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: information technology and a dream of the future; Computerising the tools of government? The spread of information technology; Innovation, expenditure and control: governmental responses to information technology; Computerisation in the UK Benefits Agency; Systems modernisation in the US Social Security Administration; Computerisation in the US Internal Revenue Service; Computerisation in the UK Inland Revenue; New players: government contracting of information technology |
| The ambiguous essence of the state of the futureReferences; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book situates information technology at the centre of public policy and management. IT is now a vital part of any government organisation, opening new policy windows and enabling a vast range of tasks to be carried out faster and more efficiently. But it has also introduced new problems and challenges. Four in-depth case studies demonstrate how information systems have become inextricably linked with the core tasks of governmental organisations. The key government departments examined are:* the Inland Revenue Service and Social Security Administration in the US* the Inland Revenue |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Information technology in government |
| ISBN: | 1-134-68645-5 |
| 1-134-68646-3 | |
| 1-280-33316-2 | |
| 0-203-02094-4 | |
| 0-203-26712-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813295803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge research in information technology and society ; ; 2.