A framework for evaluating web sites of public authorities

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-546

  Panopoulou, Eleni ^a   Tambouris, Efthimios ^b   Tarabanis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Government; Greece; Internet; Online operations

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET;

CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E GOVERNMENTS; E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES; E-PARTICIPATION; E-SERVICES; GOVERNMENT; GREECE; HOLISTIC APPROACHES; IT SECURITY; ONLINE OPERATIONS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; PRACTICAL USE; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; WEB SITE EVALUATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 52349119572     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530810908229     Document Type: Article

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