********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *********************
Proposal Submission Due Date: August 10, 2013
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)
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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 outcomesʼ 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:
- How much Governments are being or have been invested on e-Government
in different countries or regions?
- How differently international organizations (i.e., United Nations,
OECD, World Bank, European Commission etc.) measure e-Government efficiency?
- How can e-Government success be measured with regard to public
spending?
- What measures/indexes are appropriate to measure Government
efficiencyʼs change with regard to e-Government?
- 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 a proposal regarding the
topic they plan to develop on or before August 10, 2013. Full papers for
this special theme issue on e-Government Efficiency and Return-of-Investment
must be submitted 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 JOURNALʼS 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.
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Editor-in-Chief: Christopher G. Reddick
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)
PUBLISHER:
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(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
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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