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Models of E‐Government

Are They Correct? An Empirical Assessment

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ID6364779
AuthorsDavid Coursey (Arizona State University, corresponding author), Donald F Norris (0009-0009-7997-5137, Arizona State University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume68
Issue3
Pages523-536
Publication date2008-03-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00888.x
OpenAlexW1968394405
LanguageEN
Citations received102
References cited14

Research into e‐government is relatively new. Nevertheless, much contemporary thinking and writing about e‐government is driven by normative models that appeared less than a decade ago. The authors present empirical evidence from three surveys of local e‐government in the United States to test whether these models are accurate or useful for understanding the actual development of e‐government. They find that local e‐government is mainly informational, with a few transactions but virtually no indication of the high‐level functions predicted in the models. Thus, the models do not accurately describe or predict the development of e‐government, at least among American local governments. These models, though intellectually interesting, are purely speculative, having been developed without linkage to the literature about information technology and government. The authors offer grounded observations about e‐government that will useful to scholars and practitioners alike

E-Government · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Information and Communications Technology · Linkage (software · Local government · Normative · Normative model of decision-making · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Test (biology · E-Government and Public Services · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics

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