Approaches to evaluation of websites for public sector services

Proceedings IADIS International Conference e-Society, ES 2007 - Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 279-283

  Middleton, Michael ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E Government; Evaluation; Websites

Indexed keywords

E-GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; WEBSITES;

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; EVALUATION OF WEBSITES; GOVERNMENT WEBSITES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SECURITY AND PRIVACY;

SERVICE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84878256472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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