Designing, implementing, and evaluating user-centered and citizen-centered e-government

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Bertot, John Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizens; Design; E government; Evaluation; Interaction; Users

Indexed keywords

CITIZENS; E-GOVERNMENT; EVALUATION; INTERACTION; USERS;

COPYRIGHTS; DESIGN;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 77954140312     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2010040101     Document Type: Article

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