Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition

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Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition is written by Christopher M Shea and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0824782445 (ISBN 10) and 9780824782443 (ISBN 13).

Written by more than 60 contributors who depict the remarkable transformation of the public management profession by computers, this book presents the historical, institutional, legal, organizational, functional, policy, and theoretical background that constitutes IT literacy for public service. The book describes the application of IT to training, budgeting, and policy simulation at the federal level, and to community planning, community telecommunications, and welfare at the state level. Providing a broad and timely overview of IT as it applies to the public sector the book collects critical knowledge and delivers insight into contemporary uses of IT in the public sphere.