Lecture: Public Accountability in the Information Age
Albert Meijer is an associate professor at the Utrecht School of Governance at the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands and has published extensively on e-government in public administration and public accountability in the information age. His research focuses on public accountability, informatization in public administration, and the use of e-mail by government organizations. Meijer has conducted research for the parliamentary enquiry committee on construction work, carried out various research projects for the Netherlands Department of Internal Affairs, and evaluated Dutch policies for biotechnology application in animals. Meijer teaches public administration and policy sciences at the bachelor's and master's levels at the Utrecht School of Governance. He will be at the National Center for Digital Government from March to June 2006. View Recent Publications by Albert Meijer.
This event is part of The National Center for Digital Government's speaker series and held in collaboration with the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The National Center for Digital Government (NCDG) is a research center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Center for Public Policy and Administration. NCDG's mission is to conduct research, build global research capacity, advance practice, and strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners engaged in building and using technology in government.
The Center for Public Policy and Administration was established in 1998 as a non-partisan interdisciplinary center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. CPPA, part of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is committed to improving public policy and governance by educating leaders for public service and conducting and applying interdisciplinary research.