ISE515 Electronic Government

Course Description

Conceptualizing Technology and Government, The Governmentality of E-government, E-welfare, E-taxation, E-health, Reconfiguring Public Administration, Speed-Time and the Future, Networks and Conditionality, Risk and Targeted Government, Complex Government, Reconfiguring Power, Citizenship, Society, Understanding E-Government in Europe.

Prerequisite

Management, Web design and programming, e-government

Course Objectives

To broaden students’ perspectives on governance and e-government.
To understand basic concepts in e-government and their importance.
To enable students to function effectively in the variety of governing environments in which they find themselves now and in the future.
To help students improve their ability to make connections across ideas, read carefully, write clearly and succinctly, assess the quality of sources on which they or others rely, and use and cite sources appropriately.
To reinforce students’ sense of professionalism and ethical behavior.
To assist students in seeing and being able to take advantage of the possibilities for improving the world via better governance and e-government.

Course Outcomes

know the basic registers of the e-government systems
know the technical background necessary for the operation of services in the e-government
understand the issue of e-government systems and their management
to assess the meaning and efficiency of the newly introduced systems of e-government
understand the differences between the concepts of e-Government, e-Governance, e-Democracy and similar concepts

Meetings

Class meets weekly on Wednesdays 11:00-12:50 and 14:00-14:50

Grading Policy

The tentative point distribution is as follows.

Assignments	20%
Term Project	40%
Final Exam	40%

Policies

Late assignments will not be accepted unless an agreement is reached with the leturer.
The class grades will be assigned using the Near East University's grading scale.
I allow students to attend class at their own discretion. If you miss a class however, you are responsible for the materials covered.
Cheating will not be tolerated.
Attacks performed against University/Lecturer resources are expressly prohibited.
All assignments and Term Project report must be submitted electronically by e-mail to neu.ise505@gmail.com address

Textbooks and References

Heeks R., Implementing and Managing eGovernment, an international text, SAGE Publications, 2006
Heeks R., Blog, ICT for Development Blog
Rodriguez-Bolivar M.P. (Ed.), Measuring E-government Efficiency, The Opinions of Public Administrators and Other Stakeholders, Springer, 2014
Anthopoulos L.G., Reddick C.G. (Eds.), Government e-Strategic Planning and Management, Springer, 2014
Adeyemo A. B., E-government implementation in Nigeria, Journal of internet and information system Vol. 2(1), pp. 11-19, January 2011
Meier A., eDemocracy & eGovernment, Stages of a Democratic Knowledge Society, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Mendez F., Trechsel A.H., The European Union and E-Voting
epractice, The portal created by the European Commission offers a service for the professional community of eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth practitioners
Misuraca G., Broster D., Centeno C., Digital Europe 2030: Designing scenarios for ICT in future governance and policy making, Government Information Quarterly 29 (2012) S121–S131, 2012
Waseda Univ. e-Government Rankings
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations E-Government Surveys
Gronlund A., Connecting eGovernment to Real Government – The Failure of the UN eParticipation Index, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6846, pp 26-37, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Rutgers Univ. E-Governance Institute Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide
Claudia A. Tambascia, Ewerton M. Menezes, Sonia M. Kutiishi, Raphael C. Barbosa, Usability Evaluation of Electronic Government Services for Interactive TV, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 14, Pages 301–310, 2012
Ko A., Francesconi E. (Eds.)Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective
Reddick C.G., Leonidas Anthopoulos L. ICT in Public Administration
OECD (2017), Benchmarking Digital Government Strategies in MENA Countries, OECD Digital Government Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris
Anderson D., Wu R., Cho J.-S., Schroeder K., E-Government Strategy, ICT and Innovation for Citizen Engagement, Springer, 2015
Ojo A., Millard J. (Eds.), Government 3.0 – Next Generation Government Technology Infrastructure and Services Roadmaps, Enabling Technologies & Challenges, Springer, 2017
Alcaide M. L., Rodriguez B., Manuel P. (Eds.) International E-Government Development Policy, Implementation and Best Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
Barrenechea, M.J., Jenkins T., E-GOVERNMENT OR OUT OF GOVERNMENT, Open Text Corporation, 2014
Wirtz, B. W., Daiser, P. E-Government: Strategy Process Instruments. Textbook for the Digital Society. 2 nd edition, Speyer, 2017.

Schedule

Week	Topic	Readings
1	Overview Understanding eGovernment Management of eGovernment Systems eGovernment Strategy Managing Public Data	Heeks: Chapter 1, 2, 3 and ,4 Rodriguez-Bolivar Anthopoulos
2	Core Management Issues for eGovernment Emerging Management Issues for eGovernment eGovernment System Lifecycle and Project Assessment Analysis of Current Reality	Heeks: Chapter 5, 6, 7 and 8 Adeyemo
3	Design of the New eGovernment System eGovernment Risk Assessment and Mitigation eGovernment System Construction, Implementation and Beyond Developing eGovernment Hybrids	Heeks: Chapter 9, 10, 11 and 12
4, 5 and 6	EU - eGov Framework Digital Europe	Meier EU epractice, eGovernment Factsheets: Turkey, UK, Greece, South Cyprus Misuraca, Mendez
7 and 8	e-Government Rankings Connecting eGovernment to Real Government – The Failure of the UN eParticipation Index	Waseda Univ., United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Rutgers Univ. Gronlund
9	Information Systems Perspective Estonian e-Residency: Benefits, Risk and Lessons Learned. The Design of the Estonian Governmental Document Exchange Classification Framework. Open Government Data: A European Perspective Linked Open Data and e-Participation in the EU Law-Making Process Italian Open and Big Data Strategy	Ko, Reddick Ko, p. 3-15 Ko, p. 33-47 Reddick, p. 3-28 Ko, p. 79-89 Ko, p. 105-122
10	E-Government Strategy, Case Studies: MENA (Middle East/North Africa) Countries, South Korea, Sweden, United States, The Russian Federation	OECD Anderson
11	Case Study: Nigeria Nigeria National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Influence of motivational factors on utilisation of Internet health information resources by resident doctors in Nigeria Information technology skills and training needs of health information management professionals in Nigeria: a nationwide study Scale-up of networked HIV treatment in Nigeria: Creation of an integrated electronic medical records system Electronic petition and democratic participation in Nigeria Effect of E-Government on Service Delivery in Federal University Ndufu-alike Ikwo, Ebodnyi State ‘Only Hard Copies Accepted Here:’ E-governance in Developing Countries -- A Nigerian Case Study E-Government Summit 2017 E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN)
12	Governance Failure in Light of Government 3.0: Foundations for Building Next Generation eGovernment Maturity Models Blockchain as a Next Generation Government Information Infrastructure: A Review of Initiatives in D5 Countries Online Privacy Protection in Chinese City Governments: An Analysis of Privacy Statements E-Government Development in the Central Asian States: Best Practices, Challenges and Lessons Learned Brazilian E-Government Policy and Implementation Learning from Opening Data in the Context of E-Governance: Finland, with Special Reference to Government Location Data	Ojo, p.63 Ojo, p.283 Alcaide, p.99 Alcaide, p.121 Alcaide, p.155 Alcaide, p.271
13	E-GOVERNMENT OR OUT OF GOVERNMENT E-Government: Strategy Process Instruments	Barrenechea Wirtz
14	Project Presentations
15	Final Exam

The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the above syllabus as necessary. Students are responsible to be aware of changes announced in class and/or via the internet.