Making government a ‘model user’ of the Information Highway—Canada's progress to date
✍ Scribed by RICHARD SIMPSON
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 301 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-2075
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✦ Synopsis
This account of recent developments in the information technology policies of Canada's federal government describes how the government, acting as a model user'' of IT, contributes to the effectiveness of strategies designed to achieve policy goals related to the development of an information society. Government initiatives have applied information technology in reengineering processes and procedures, which result in greatly improved performance, both of internal housekeeping'' operations, and service delivery to the public. In devising these and similar initiatives, it is necessary to select technologies that are appropriate to local capabilities, rather than adopting ``technology-driven'' approaches to problem solving.