Global e-government : theory, applications and benchmarking / Latif Al-Hakim, [editor].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Interest in e-government, both in industry and in academies, has grown rapidly over the past decade. This book provides helpful examples from practitioners and managers involving real-life applications; academics and researchers contribute theoretical insights"--Provided by publisher.

Semantic web mining for personalized public e-services / Konstantinos Markellos ... [and others] -- Requirements analysis and general functional model of seamless, citizen-oriented service delivery / Elena Mugellini, Maria Chiara Pettenati, Omar Abou Khaled -- Automating governmental cross-agency processes using web service orchestration : a gap analysis / Jeffrey Gortmaker, Marijn Janssen -- The role of government in e-business adoption / Barbara Roberts, Mark Toleman -- Digital public sphere : rhetoric or reality / Seung-Yong Rho -- Electronic surveillance for the public good / Liz Lee-Kelley, Ailsa Kolsaker -- A community facitilitation model for e-government : a case study in monitoring water quality / Kyle B. Murray, Cory A. Habulin -- Healthcare network centric operations : the confluence of e-health and e-government / Dag von Lubitz, Nilmini Wickramasinghe -- Moving towards e-government in a developing society : glimpses of the problems, progress, and prospects in Nigeria / Princely Ifinedo -- E-government emerging trends : organizatonal challenges / Inas E. Ezz -- Towards measuring true e-readiness of a third-world country : a case study on Sri Lanka / Reggie Davidrajuh -- An evaluation of digital deliberative democracy in local government / Seung-Yong Rho -- The development of urban e-government in China / Zi Lu ... [and others] -- Web services in government policy : case study from UK National Health Service / Matthew W. Guah -- Empirical study of the municipalities' motivations for adopting online presence / Susana de Juana-Espinosa -- User involvement in e-government development projects / Asbjørn Følstad ... [and others] -- Local e-governments in Japan : IT utilization status and directions / Sadaya Kubo, Tatsumi Shimada -- E-government, democratic governance and integrative prospects for developing countries : the case for a globally federated architecture / Jeffrey Roy -- E-government concepts, measures, and best practices / Shin Young-Jin, Kim Seang-tae.