Identifying transparency

Information Polity

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Michener, Greg ^a   Bersch, Katherine ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

information and communication technologies; public administration; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893807171     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-130299     Document Type: Article

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