Instructors in public administration and related fields discuss aspects of information systems within government agencies and between them and the public. They cover policy environments and
issues, policy research, organizational issues and management applications, organizational research, and performance reporting. Among specific topics are possibilities and experience of citizen
participation and direct democracy through computer networking, intellectual property for public managers, an assessment of the value of county web sites in New York State, electronic data
sharing in public sector agencies, management applications of statistical analysis software, implementing virtual collaboration at the Environmental Protection Agency, virtual locals and
cosmopolitans and the social production of segregated academic community, transparency and analysis in public budgeting, and the challenges of integrating disparate performance data on a
government web site. No dates are noted for the previous editions. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
