Transparency and technological change: Ensuring equal and sustained public access to government information

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-376

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Open government; Records management; Social media; Tranparency; User centered

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956171198     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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