About Your Right to Information (Simplified)
About Your Right to Information (Simplified)

Author: Shalu Nigam

Publisher: Shalu Nigam

Published: 2008-01-02

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 8190367129

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This book is about the right to know. It seeks to answer the `what', `when', `where', and `how' of the right to information law in India. It also looks at the experiences since the law has been formulated besides examining some of the decisions by the Information Commission established under the RTI law.

The Commonwealth Yearbook 2005
The Commonwealth Yearbook 2005

Author: Richard Green

Publisher: Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd.

Published: 2005-09

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0954962907

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'The Commonwealth Yearbook 2005' is an essential guide to the 53 member countries of the Commonwealth and the many organizations that work to promote international cooperation among the governments, professions and cultures of nearly two billion people.

Freedom of Information and National Security
Freedom of Information and National Security

Author: Amin Pashaye Amiri

Publisher: Herbert Utz Verlag

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 3831643903

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Protecting sensitive national security information is among a government’s most significant duties. However, this concept may be used to adversely limit the public’s right to access to government-held information. Therefore, striking a reasonable balance between these competing interests is of great importance for any society. How important to the creation of such a balance is effective judicial review of government decisions denying public access to information on national security grounds? How should judicial review of these decisions be conducted? “Freedom of Information and National Security: A Study of Judicial Review under U.S. Law” seeks to answer these questions. It offers proposals for the improvement of judicial review of public bodies’ decisions in the U.S. and provides suggestions for conducting effective judicial review in other countries.

Open Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Open Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-09-06

Total Pages: 2625

ISBN-13: 1522598618

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Open government initiatives have become a defining goal for public administrators around the world. As technology and social media tools become more integrated into society, they provide important frameworks for online government and community collaboration. However, progress is still necessary to create a method of evaluation for online governing systems for effective political management worldwide. Open Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that explores the use of open government initiatives and systems in the executive, legislative, and judiciary sectors. It also examines the use of technology in creating a more affordable, participatory, and transparent public-sector management models for greater citizen and community involvement in public affairs. Highlighting a range of topics such as data transparency, collaborative governance, and bureaucratic secrecy, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for government officials, leaders, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academicians seeking current research on open government initiatives.

Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance
Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance

Author: Saeed, Saqib

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-03-31

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1466636416

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As e-government policies and procedures become widely practiced and implemented, it is apparent that the success of technology in e-government hangs on its consistentency with human practices. Human-Centered System Design for Electronic Governance provides special attention to the most successful practices for implementing e-government technologies. This highly regarded publication highlights the benefits of well designed systems in this field, while investigating the implications of poor practices and designs. This book is beneficial for academics, researchers, government officials, and graduate students interested and involved in design of information systems within the context of e-government.

User-Centric Technology Design for Nonprofit and Civic Engagements
User-Centric Technology Design for Nonprofit and Civic Engagements

Author: Saqib Saeed

Publisher: Springer Science & Business

Published: 2014-04-26

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3319059637

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Due to the increased global political importance of the nonprofit sector, its technological support and organizational characteristics have become important fields of research. In order to conduct effective work, nonprofits need to communicate and coordinate effectively. However, such settings are generally characterized by a lack of resources, an absence of formal hierarchical structures and differences in languages and culture among the activists. Modern technologies could help nonprofit networks in improving their working. In order to design appropriate technological support for such settings, it is important to understand their work practices, which widely differ from traditional business organizations. This book aims to strengthen the body of knowledge by providing user studies and concepts related to user centered technology design process for nonprofit settings. The examination of ethnographic studies and user centered evaluation of IT artifacts in practice will further the understanding of design requirements of these systems. This book includes chapters from leading scholars and practitioners on the technology design process examining human centered factors. The chapters will focus on developed and developing countries as they both have unique issues in technology design. The book will be useful or of interest to academics from a range of fields including information systems, human computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work and organizational science as well as for government officials and governmental organizations.