NATIONAL CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
 Integrating Information and Institutions

Papers

Required Reading from the National Science Foundation:

• "Information Technology Research, Innovation, and E-Government", a National Academy of Sciences report (NRC-CSTB), requested by NSF
• "Some Assembly Required: Building a Government for the 21st Century", a report by the Center for Technology in Government of the University at Albany, SUNY

Eugene Bardach, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley
"Can Network Theory Illuminate Interagency Collaboration?"

Stuart Bretschneider, Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship, Syracuse University
"Does the Perception of Red Tape Constrain IT Innovativeness in Organizations?: Unexpected Results from a Simultaneous Equation Model and Implications"

Noshir Contractor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
White Paper: "A Multi-Theoretical, Multi-Level Framework for the Study of Organizing in Digital Government"
Chapter 1, "Theories of Communication Networks"
Chapter 10, "Theories of Communication Networks"

Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University
White Paper: "Digital Government"
"Social Implications of the Internet"

Jane Fountain, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 
"Introduction," Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change

Eduard Hovy, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
White Paper: Some Comments

David Lazer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
White Paper: "How to Maintain Innovation.gov in a Networked World?"

Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
White Paper: "Digital Government Research: Understanding Co-Evolution of Government Service and Citizen Expectations"

Carlos Osorio, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
White Paper: "Public Ends by Digital Means: Some Thoughts on E-Government and the Creation of Public Value"

Laurence O'Toole, University of Georgia
"Public Manangement and Educational Performance: The Impact of Managerial Networking"

R. Karl Rethemeyer, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY-Albany
White Paper: "Digital Government"
"Internet as Change Agent: A Theory of Information Technologies' Impact on Interorganizational Networks"

Maria Scharf, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
White Paper: "Digital Government"
"Exploring The Interrelations Between Electronic Government And The New Public Management: A Managerial Framework For Electronic Government"

Charles Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
White Paper: "Thoughts on Digital Governance"
"Fostering Open-Source Research Via a World Wide Web System"

David Stark, Columbia University
"Collaborative Organization and Interactive Technologies"
"Crisis, Recovery, Innovation: Learning from 9/11"
"Innovative Ambiguities: NGOs Use of Interactive Technology in Eastern Europe"
"Link, Search, Interact: The Co-Evolution of NGOs and Interactive Technology" 
"Permanently Beta: Responsive Organization in the Internet Era"

Nicole Steckler, OGI School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University
White Paper: "Digital Government"
"Examining Information-Sharing Across Federal Agency Boundaries" 

James Van Wert, Small Business Administration
White Paper: "Questions About E-Government"
"E-Government and Performance: A Citizen-Centered Imperative"

Darrell West, Brown University
"State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2001"

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