I - Introduction An introduction to public information systems - G. David Garson Graduate education in information technology in the public sector: the need and the response - Mary Maureen Brown, Jeffrey L. Brudney, William L. Waugh, Jr. , and Ronald John Hy II - background The legislative foundation of information access policy: balancing access against and confidentiality - Harry A. Hammitt FOIA and the emergence of federal information policy in the 1980s and 1990s - Jeremy R. T. Lewis Information technology, public policy, and canadian governanace: partnerships and predicaments - Gilles Paquet and Jeffrey Roy Is technological progress social progress? - Sonal J. Seneviratne III - organizational reserch The politics of public information systems - Christine Bellamy The need for strategic information systems planning when contracting-out and privatizing public sector functions - Steven Cohen and William Eimicke Technology launch in government: the human factor - Dahlia Bradshaw - Lynn A core-periphery approach to centralization/decentralization issues in public information systems - Richard Heeks The impact of IT on organization performance in the public sector - Pamela Hammers Specht Mitigating the risk of information technology initiatives: best practices and points of failure for the public sector - Mary Maureen Brown Intergovernmental cooperation in the development and use of information systems - Nada D. Harris Webbing governance: national differences in constructing the face of public organizations - Chris C. Denamark, Christian S. Friis, and Todd M. La Porte Policy issues Electronic access to public records Electronic access to public records - Jeremy R. T. Lewis Intellectual property for public managers - Roland J. Cole and Eric F. Broucek Security issues for automated information systems - Cynthia E. Irvine Citizen participation and direct democracy through computer networking - Yuhang Shi and Carmine Scavo The information age: which countries will benefit? - Alana Northrop and Kenneth L. Kraemer Case studies Cyber-communication: congressional use of information technologies - John P. Messmer, David Carreiro, and Karen A. Metivier-Carreiro The role of computing technology and the New York state legislature - Antoinette J. Pole Building relevant policy data systems for multiple stakeholders: the maine education information partnership - Josephine M. LaPlante Managing government web services in Florida: issues and lessons - David Coursey and Jennifer Killingsworth Planning centralized immunization registries: disease prevention, cost reduction, and implications for privacy - Gregory D. Streib and Katherine G. Willoughby Applications: federal Computer-based training in the public sector - Genie N. L. Stowers Guidelines for public-sector systems acquisition - Bruce Rocheleau Public finance management information systems - John W. Swain and Jay D. White Information systems and an interdisciplinary budget model - G. B. K. de Gran Budgetary analysis using computer tools - Carl Grafton and Anne Permaloff Data warehousing in government agencies: conceptual and managerial issues - Henry Y. Zheng Microsimulations of public policy - J. Theodore Anagnoson Applications: state and local Planning digital places: a new approach to commnity telecommunications planning and deplyment - Thomas A. Horan Community decision support systems: managing knowledge for community and economic development - Kathleen O'Dubhchair, James K. Scott, and Thomas G. Johnsn A methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of the delivery of IT services: a comparative study of six british local authorities - Les Worrall, Dan Remenyi, and Arthur Money The use of system dynamiques in decision conferencing: implementing welfare reform in New York state - John Rohrbaugh Information technology competencies Geographic information systems and the public manager - David E. Martin The use of statistical analysis software in public management- t. R. Carr Putting your agency on the web - Edward W. Christensen and John E. Hughes Conclusion Governmental information systems and emerging computer technologies - Patricia Diamond Fletcher Information systems, politics, and government: leading theoretical perspectives - G . David Garson