Description
E-Government describes the utilization of technologies to improve the lives of citizens and business organizations while facilitating the operation of the government. With the rise of new technologies, governments need to consider implementing Web 2.0 and mobile technologies as a way to offer relevant e-services to citizens so that they may fully participate in governmental affairs.
Emerging Mobile and Web 2.0 Technologies for Connected E-Government highlights the latest technologies and how they can be implemented by the government and effectively used by citizens. This book aims to be an inclusive reference source for researchers, practitioners, students, and managers interested in the application of recent technological innovations to develop a more effective e-government system.
Reviews and Testimonials
Information and computer scientists and business scholars argue that people want their governments to use mobile technologies and social media to provide information and services. They explore such aspects of connected electronic government as service orientation and virtualization technologies for connected government, Web 2.0 technologies and electronic participation for next generation electronic government, mobile technologies for smarter and sustainable mobile government, and social computing and data modeling for connected services for inclusive government.
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Author's/Editor's Biography
Zaigham Mahmood (Ed.)
Zaigham Mahmood is a published author of eight books, four of which are dedicated to Cloud Computing and the other four focus on the subject of Electronic Government including:
Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies;
E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries;
IT in the Public Sphere: Applications in Administration, Government, Politics and Planning and this current volume. Additionally, he is developing three new books to appear later in 2014. He has also published more than 100 articles and book chapters and organized numerous conference tracks and workshops. Professor Mahmood is the Editor-in-Chief of
Journal of E-Government Studies and Best Practices as well as the Series Editor-in-Chief of the IGI book series on
E-Government and Digital Divide. He is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby UK. He further holds positions as a Foreign Professor at NUST Islamabad Pakistan and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom South Africa. Professor Mahmood is also a certified cloud computing instructor and a regular speaker at international conferences devoted to Cloud Computing and E-Government. His specialized areas of research include distributed computing, project management, and e-government.