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Building efficiency through ICT utilization in the government of Japan

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Hirokazu OkumuraAuthors Info & Claims

dg.o '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Digital government research

Pages 342 - 343

https://doi.org/10.1145/1146598.1146693

Published: 21 May 2006 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe the legislative, institutional and operational developments regarding electronic government initiative in Japan as a first step of U.S. Japan Comparative Digital Government Research.

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A U.S. - Japanese comparative study was launched, a collaborative effort between the University of Tokyo, COE on Comparative Policy Analysis in Advanced Countries, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, National Center for Digital Government under the supervision of the PI, Jane Fountain, and the author. The project highlighted here presents the most recent phase of this comparative project

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H. Okumura, "Can Technology Promote Innovation in Japanese Government?" NCDG seminar paper, June 2005

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J. E. Fountain, "Prospects for the Virtual State," Center of Excellence Program on Invention of Policy Systems in Advanced Countries, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, working paper, Sept 2005

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J. E. Fountain, "Building the Virtual State" Japanese translation by H. Okumura (Tokyo: lchigeisya, 2005)

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Building efficiency through ICT utilization in the government of Japan
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Computing in government
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Government technology policy

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dg.o '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Digital government research

May 2006

526 pages

Conference Chairs:
José A. B. Fortes
University of Florida
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Ann Macintosh
Napier University

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Digital Government Society of North America

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Published: 21 May 2006

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May 21 - 24, 2006

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