E-government and records management: An assessment tool for e-records readiness in government

Electronic Library

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-284

  Mnjama, Nathan ^a   Wamukoya, Justus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Aftrica; Assessment; Electronic document delivery; Government; Records management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY; ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ELECTRONIC RECORDS READINESS TOOLS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT);

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 34249897268     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470710754797     Document Type: Review

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