Digital Government Worldwide: A e-Government Assessment of Municipal Web Sites

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Melitski, James ^a   Holzer, Marc ^b   Kim, Seang Tae ^c   Kim, Chan Gun ^b   Rho, Seung Yong ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

digital democracy; digital divide; digital government; e government; international survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001849129     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2005010101     Document Type: Article

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