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- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2016 IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved
- ISSN
- 1570-1255
- eISSN
- 1875-8754
- DOI
- 10.3233/IP-160385
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Civic technology is a nascent force in the relationship between governmentsand communities. Elements of the civic technology ecosystem include opendata, related information and communications technology (ICT) innovationsand the organizational boundary-spanning practices of civic technology. Thispaper reports the results of an exploratory study of civic technologyadoption by local governments in the United States. The research comparesthe 113 U.S. city governments recognized for their exemplary fiscal year2012 popular annual financial reports (PAFRs) with the 49 municipalities inthe U.S. state of Delaware that operate websites. Results suggest that along term commitment to citizen involvement in government data and the sizeof the community are important predictors of adoption.
Journal
Information Polity – IOS Press
Published: Jan 1, 2016