ISBN:
0203020944
,
9780415174824
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 208 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge research in information technology and society 2
Parallel Title:
Print version Information Technology in Government : Britain and America
DDC:
303.48/33/0941
Keywords:
Information technology Government policy
;
Information technology Government policy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the huge impact of information technology on the governments of the UK and US over the last 20 years, examining computerization as a tool of government and major policy implications
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
The ambiguous essence of the state of the futureReferences; Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
The ambiguous essence of the state of the futureReferences; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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