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Digital governance assessment from the conceptualization of information infrastructures

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Alandey Severo Leite da Silva,

Antonio Alberto TexeiraAuthors Info & Claims

ICEGOV '20: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

Pages 392 - 395

https://doi.org/10.1145/3428502.3428554

Published: 29 October 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Digital governance is related to the electronic enabling of government activities, for example: management of democratic activity; ensuring fairness and transparency in decision-making in public institutions; among others. The object of this article is to propose an assessment of digital governance based on the conceptualization of information infrastructure (II). Examples of II include the internet; e-commerce; and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). To support this analysis, the literature review and the framework for studying the tensions of the installed base, and how they influence the establishment of an II will be adopted [1]. As future studies it is proposed an investigation of the approaches presented in digital governance practices in developed countries as in developing countries.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3494193.3494298

Index Terms

Digital governance assessment from the conceptualization of information infrastructures
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Computing in government
      1. E-government
  2. Enterprise computing
    1. Reference models

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ICEGOV '20: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

September 2020

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DOI:10.1145/3428502

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Severo Leite da Silva ATeixeira ACarvalho Ramos Cavalcanti T(2021)The Digital Divide and the Smart Digital Governance in Brazil:Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance10.1145/3494193.3494298(129-135)Online publication date: 6-Oct-2021
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