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1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) This book situates information technology at the centre of public policy and management. IT is now a vital part of any government organisation, opening new policy windows and enabling a vast range of tasks to be carried out faster and more efficiently. But it has also introduced new problems and challenges. Four in-depth case studies demonstrate how information systems have become inextricably linked with the core tasks of governmental organisations. The key government departments examined are:* the Inland Revenue Service and Social Security Administration in the US* the Inland Revenue Includes bibliographical references and index Print version record 1. Computerising the tools of government? : the spread of information technology -- 2. Innovation, expenditure and control : governmental responses to information technology -- 3. Computerisation in the UK Benefits Agency -- 4. Systems modernisation in the US Social Security Administration -- 5. Computerisation in the US Internal Revenue Service -- 6. Computerisation in the UK Inland Revenue -- 7. New players : government contracting of information technology -- 8. The ambiguous essence of the state
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- Author
- Helen Margetts
- Publisher
- Routledge/LSE
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134686438
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Technology, Political Science, Sociology
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