The Computer Revolution In Public Administration
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1999-02-11 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0309062780 |
The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role. Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.
Author | : Douglas C. Pitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brian Clive Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Administrative agencies |
ISBN | : 9780710807472 |
Author | : Eric E. Otenyo |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1017 |
Release | : 2006-07-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0762313595 |
Public administration scholars and practitioners are increasingly concerned with the need to broaden the field's scope beyond particularistic accounts of administration in given countries. This title brings together seminal readings in comparative, development public administration and contemporary public management scholarship.
Author | : I. Th. M. Snellen |
Publisher | : IOS Press |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 9789051993950 |
This book is a joint effort of researchers who have been involved in research-projects and programmes that have been trying to chart and reflect upon the implications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Administration (Tilburg/Rotterdam, Kassel, Irvine, Nottingham/Glasgow). Since the fifties, computers had largely facilitated and the transformation of the minimal 'Night-Watch-state' into the modern 'Welfare-state', through their contribution to their effectivity, productivity and efficiency. In most Handbooks of Public Administration, computers are seen as neutral instruments and, most of the time, the role of computer technologies in the transformation of public administration is completely neglected. This 'deafening silence' is a great contrast with the way ICT's are actually changing public administration. The faster the developments in a field of study are, the more difficult it is to let the theories, related to that field of study, mature. In such circumstances, most statements will remain provisial and context-dependent. 25 years of research in Irvine (California) and Kassel (Germany) and more than 10 years of research in Tilburg/Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and about seven years of research in Glasgow/Nottingham (the United Kingdom) nonetheless enables the presentation of a modest image of public administration as it is entering the information age. Researchers in each of these groups have, nevertheless, not stopped trying to phrase theories about the implications of informatization for public administration with a more or less larges scope, that are robust in different contexts and over longer periods of time. These results and theories, covering a broad set of elements of the body of knowledge of public administration, are presented in this volume. As the authors try to demonstrate in this book, informatization developments in public administration do not only challenge the existing body of knowledge of the public administration discipline, but they are also opening up new perspectives and paradigms for the study of public administration.
Author | : National Academy of Engineering |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 1995-06-09 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0309176328 |
While societies have always had information infrastructures, the power and reach of today's information technologies offer opportunities to transform work and family lives in an unprecedented fashion. This volume, a collection of six papers presented at the 1994 National Academy of Engineering Meeting Technical Session, presents a range of views on the subject of the revolution in the U.S. information infrastructure. The papers cover a variety of current issues including an overview of the technological developments driving the evolution of information infrastructures and where they will lead; the development of the Internet, particularly the government's role in its evolution; the impact of regulatory reform and antitrust enforcement on the telecommunications revolution; and perspectives from the computer, wireless, and satellite communications industries.
Author | : Klaus Schwab |
Publisher | : Crown Currency |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2017-01-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1524758876 |
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Author | : Alan Shark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 57 |
Release | : 2019-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781733887106 |
Author | : Helen Margetts |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2012-10-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134686455 |
This book situates information technology at the centre of public policy and management. IT is now a vital part of any government organisation, opening new policy windows and enabling a vast range of tasks to be carried out faster and more efficiently. But it has also introduced new problems and challenges. Four in-depth case studies demonstrate how information systems have become inextricably linked with the core tasks of governmental organisations. The key government departments examined are: * the Inland Revenue Service and Social Security Administration in the US * the Inland Revenue and Benefits Agency in the UK
Author | : Howard E. McCurdy |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1986-01-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780824775186 |
This volume is an ideal reference source for persons investigating specific areas within the diverse field of public affairs and administration. Public Administration includes two comprehensive essays that give a broad overview of the entire field, describing how it has developed through scholarly research and professional practice. It identifies the principal "schools of thought" and the areas of specialization that support them ... covers such topics as state, local, and comparative public personnel administration and public policy analysis ... reviews the most frequently cited sources in the field ... provides details on budgeting and finance ... and pinpoints the major sources for 33 specialized subcategories within the field. This bibliography represents the most current treatment available for historic and recent developments in public administration, and serves as a valuable reference for graduate- and advanced undergraduate-level courses in public affairs and administration, political science and government, policy analysis, organization theory, management science, budgeting and finance, labor relations and public personnel management, and for professionals in government agencies and institutions. Book jacket.