Stewardship and usefulness: Policy principles for information-based transparency

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Dawes, Sharon S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Information policy; Information stewardship; Information usefulness; Information utility; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956180837     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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