Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy: Volume 16 Issue 4

Open government data awareness: eliciting citizens’ requirements for application design

Abiola Paterne Chokki, Anthony Simonofski, Benoît Frénay, Benoît Vanderose

Over the past decade, governments around the world have implemented open government data (OGD) policies to make their data publicly available, with collaboration and citizen…

Configurational path of successful entrepreneurship based on open government data: a QCA analysis

Han Zhang, Fei Kang, Huiying Li

In the era of big data, data have become an essential factor of production. In the context of open government data (OGD), encouraging the commercial development of OGD is…

Characterizing stewardship and stakeholder inclusion in data analytics efforts: the collaborative approach of Kansas City, Missouri

Felippe A. Cronemberger, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia

Local governments face increasingly complex challenges related to their internal operations as well as the provision of public services. However, research on how they embrace…

The influence of inputs in the information security policy development: an institutional perspective

Lovisa Göransson Ording, Shang Gao, Weifeng Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate what role literature-based inputs have on the information security policy (ISP) development in practice.

The state of information infrastructure for global climate governance

Tove Sofia Engvall, Leif Skiftenes Flak

The world is facing global challenges that require international collaboration. This study aims to describe and analyze how digital technologies are applied in global governance…

The predicaments of environmental impact assessment (EIA) for transport infrastructure: an examination of policy stagnation and progress

Koorosh Gharehbaghi, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Per Hilletofth

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) for transport infrastructure should consider geological constraints, legislative regulations, public policy and other strategic…

Who is calling the shot? Risk culture experiments on bi-level governments

Dini Rosdini, Nunuy Nur Afiah, Prima Yusi Sari, Tettet Fitrijanti, Hamzah Ritchi, Adhi Alfian

This study aims to explore how risk culture – tone at the top (TATT) and informed risk decision (IRD) – can affect the effectiveness of risk management (EORM) in the government.

Human-driven and human-centred cybersecurity: policy-making implications

Aleksandra Pawlicka, Marek Pawlicki, Rafał Kozik, Michał Choraś

The purpose of this paper is to challenge the prevailing, stereotypical approach of the human aspect of cybersecurity, i.e. treating people as weakness or threat. Instead, several…

Empirical evidence of practical considerations in local government tax portfolio composition: consequences of SPLOST taxes

Fabio Ambrosio

The purpose of this study is to explore and explain, through practical considerations, the ever-increasing presence of local option sales taxes and “special purpose” local option…

European regional inequalities in citizens’ digital interaction with government

Luisa Fernanda Rodríguez-Hevía, Laura Rodríguez-Fernández, Luis Manuel Ruiz-Gómez

The purpose of this research is to study what factors influence European citizens in their interaction with government in the EU regions. It analyses the differences across…

Towards a co-creation approach in the European Interoperability Framework

Cesar Casiano Flores, A. Paula Rodriguez Müller, Shefali Virkar, Lucy Temple, Trui Steen, Joep Crompvoets

The purpose of this paper is to propose an enhanced conceptual model for the integrated public service (IPS) functionality of the European interoperability framework (EIF). The…

Impact of information system institutionalization on corruption in the Brazilian public health system

Odirlei Antonio Magnagnagno, Edimara M. Luciano, Guilherme Wiedenhöft

This study investigates the corruption practices from a behavioral perspective, and aims to verify the impact of health Management Information System (MIS) institutionalization on…

Procurement maturity and IT failures in the public sector

Stella Y. Hua

This paper aims to investigate disastrous failures in high-value, high-risk IT procurement among US public agencies. The goal is to understand the cause of the failures and…

Exploring the research landscape in a developing country: gauging the prospects of growth, research impact and innovation

Saira Hanif Soroya, Sehrish Iqbal, Khalid Mahmood, Naif Radi Aljohani, Saeed-Ul Hassan, Raheel Nawaz

This study aims to provide guidelines for exploring the research landscape in developing countries by gauging the prospects of growth, research impact and innovation. This study…

Exploring quality of citizen service delivery system in the state of Karnataka, India

Raghavendra D. Padiyar

The purpose of this paper is to understand the citizen perception of quality of service with respect to the Government’s citizen service delivery system of Karnataka and conduct…

Understanding the role of transparency, participation, and collaboration for achieving open digital government goals in Oman

Ahmed Hamed Abdullah Al Sulaimani, Wilson Ozuem

This study aims to understand the roles of transparency, participation and collaboration in pursuit of achieving open digital government (OPG) goals in Oman. The study explores…

Efficacy in COVID-19 management: the case of ASEAN

Yoong Hon Lee, Sheau Yen Ruth Lim

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been devastating to countries around the world. Much of the problem has been the need to contain the infection via harsh social movement…

AI and public contests: a model to improve the evaluation and selection of public contest candidates in the Police Force

Mariana Bailao Goncalves, Maria Anastasiadou, Vitor Santos

The number of candidates applying to public contests (PC) is increasing compared to the number of human resources employees required for selecting them for the Police Force (PF)…

Government regulation and organizational effectiveness in the health-care supply chain

Matloub Hussain, Syed Zamberi Ahmad, Anna Visvizi

In the context of the debate on ensuring health-care efficiency, this study aims to identify and prioritize factors and subfactors that influence organizational effectiveness (OE…