Open e-government in U.S. state governments: Survey evidence from Chief Information Officers

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Ganapati, Sukumar ^a   Reddick, Christopher G ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Open government; Participation; State governments; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860355543     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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