Invigorating website management through XML: An e-government case from New York State

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-78

  Gil Garcia, J Ramon ^a   Costello, James ^a   Pardo, Theresa A ^a   Werthmuller, Derek ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; E government; Implementation; Public sector; Website; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249094801     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2007.014343     Document Type: Article

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