Cooperative Architectures

Batini, Carlo; Cappadozzi, Elettra; Mecella, Massimo; Talamo, Maurizio

doi:10.1007/0-306-47374-7_3

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“…Such is the notion of a federated architecture that is as much political and organizational as it is technological. Indeed, the scope of what must be sought is explicitly multi-dimensional: technically, it permits decision-making systems within a variety of organizational subunits to join together; and strategically and politically, it allows for both action and authority to be facilitated, shared and coordinated across a multitude of levels (Cairncross 2002;Batini and al. 2002;Koch 2005).…”

Section: Resources Identities and Federated Capacitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

E-Government and Local Governance in Canada: An Examination of Front Line Challenges and Federal Tensions

Roy

2006

Public Administration Quarterly

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The purpose of this article is to examine the impacts of e-government in Canada on both inter-governmental relations and local governance. The rationale for such an examination stems from the emergence, over the past decade of two parallel discourses in public sector and governance reform: first, e-government as primarily a set of national and provincial strategies for public sector reforms, and secondly, a discourse has focused on the rising importance of municipal government and local governance systems. The main problem at present remains the absence of more holistic thinking on the need for a new enterprise, federated architecture for collaboration that entails an overhaul of the existing political arrangements of the federation. An additional lesson to draw at present is that the weak status and limited capacities of Canada's municipalities, a concern predating e-government's emergence, risk amplification as a governance handicap for both individual communities and the country in adapting to a more digital age. However, the consequences of the weakness also depend on how provincial and federal governments respond to the erosion of public trust by adapting their own structures, as well as the effectiveness of emerging top-down mechanisms being deployed to strengthen the infrastructure of cities and communities.

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E-Government and Local Governance in Canada: An Examination of Front Line Challenges and Federal Tensions

Roy

2006

Public Administration Quarterly

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“…These necessary changes are primarily about fostering more horizontal governance to cut across traditionally separate vertical entities, perhaps the single most crucial organizational challenge to realizing citizen-centric portals and service delivery mechanisms (Allen et al, 2005;Fountain, 2001). Achieving this horizontal collaboration, therefore, requires political will and a set of organizational mechanisms to facilitate information sharing and joint action (Batini et al, 2002). There are both structural and cultural impediments to such mechanisms, reflecting traditional resource allocation processes and separate accountability systems based on vertical hierarchy and, in the case of Parliamentary models, ministerial accountability (Allen et al, 2005).…”

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Service, Security, Transparency & Trust

Roy

2005

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

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The objectives of this article are twofold: first, to examine the main conceptual dimensions of electronic government (e-government); and secondly, to critically assess both the current responses and future prospects of Canada’s public sector. The first sections of the paper are primarily conceptual as they delve into e-government’s meaning and scope by presenting a set of major thematic challenges driving public sector reform. The paper then provides a critical assessment of recent reforms and new initiatives undertaken by the Government of Canada. Building on this analysis, the article aims to sketch out the major issues and challenges likely to confront Canadian governance. Of particular interest is whether or not a sufficient balance exists in focusing on dimensions of e-government and e-governance in order to adapt effectively to a more informational, digital, and interdependent world.

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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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E-Government and Local Governance in Canada: An Examination of Front Line Challenges and Federal Tensions

E-Government and Local Governance in Canada: An Examination of Front Line Challenges and Federal Tensions

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