Reviewing existing methods for evaluating e-government websites

Electronic Government

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-142

  Mofleh, Samer Ibrahim ^a   Wanous, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E government; Electronic government; Internet; Public sector; Stage analysis; Usability analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449150501     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2009.024438     Document Type: Review

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