“What is mine is not thine”: Understanding barriers to China's interagency government data sharing from existing literature

“Data stickiness” in interagency government data sharing: a case study

“…Crosby and Bryson, 2005;McGuirk et al, 2015;Gil-Garcia and Sayogo, 2016;Tomusange et al, 2017), technical (e.g. Dawes, 1996;Zhang and Dawes, 2006;Gil-Garcia and Burke, 2010;Gil-Garcia and Sayogo, 2016;Zhou et al, 2020), relational (e.g. Dawes, 1996;Pardo et al, 2004;Yang and Maxwell, 2011;Bigdeli et al, 2013;Karlsson et al, 2017), contextual (e.g.…”

“…Governments are typically data-intensive organizations (Kalampokis et al, 2011). In recent years, governments around the world have shifted away from an outdated and over-protective model, which excessively concentrates on retaining data and information, to a new model that requires openness, inclusiveness and transparency, as well as interagency collaboration and data sharing (Yang and Maxwell, 2011;Zhou et al, 2020).…”

“…Interagency data sharing (IDS) enables the transfer of data between multiple government agencies and is essential for coordination and collaboration between government agencies, the promotion of evidence-based policymaking, as well as the development of a citizen-centric government (e.g. Dawes, 1996;Kwon et al, 2009;Bigdeli et al, 2013;Wang, 2018;Zhou et al, 2020). IDS is the "bedrock" for achieving a digitized, smart government (Gil-Garcia and Sayogo, 2016).…”

“…Several researchers have studied IDS problems from technological perspectives, and it has been generally agreed that developing sophisticated technological infrastructures and applying advanced software platforms are obvious solutions. However, as per studies by Gil-Garcia and Burke (2010), Gil-Garcia and Sayogo (2016), Zhou et al (2020), developing, implementing, coordinating and maintaining large scale pan-government information systems is hugely challenging. Moreover, it is virtually impossible to completely resolve IDS problems purely using technological approaches (Dawes, 1996;Pardo et al, 2004;Gil-Garcia and Sayogo, 2016).…”

“…Efficient and effective IDS is an indispensable basis for China's IPGS development (Zhou et al, 2020); however, IDS is highly problematic and complex. It is not only constrained by social, economic and political environments, but is also hindered by the lack of organizational and government readiness, technological tools, and interagency collaboration (Fan et al, 2014;Wang, 2018).…”