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Legal Challenges to IT in Public Administration

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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Synonyms

Cyberlaw, e-law; Electronic government, e-government

Definitions

Public administrative organizations: Government organizations that are responsible for executive functions, actions, and policy (Appleby 1947).

Cyberlaws/e-laws: A series of laws designed to specifically address the requirements and restraints placed on e-government and e-commerce entities (Otenyo and Lind 2011).

Compliance: Fulfillment of external laws and regulations.

Digital signature: Electronic validation technique used to authenticate and validate digital documents.

Electronic government: The use of information and communication technologies to deliver public services (Holmes 2001).

ICT: Information and Communication Technologies.

Introduction

The increased use of Internet-based technologies and information and communication technologies (ICT), such as broadband, e-mail, fiber optics, text messaging, 4G, search engines, teleconferencing, and Wi-Fi, has been advocated as a vehicle to reform public...

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  1. Department of Criminal Justice Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA

    Cassandra Dodge & Cara Rabe-Hemp

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  1. Cassandra Dodge
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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Dodge, C., Rabe-Hemp, C. (2016). Legal Challenges to IT in Public Administration. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2411-1

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