Technology vs. government : the irresistible force meets the immovable object

• Other Authors: Levine, Lloyd (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
• Series: Studies in media and communications ; 25.
• Subjects: Administrative agencies > United States > Technological innovations.; Political Science > Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy.; Public administration.; Central, national, federal government policies.; Science funding and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838679538
• DOI: 10.1108/S2050-2060202425
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages).

Governmental entities in the United States have multiple, well publicized failures and challenges when it comes to procuring and integrating new technologies. A quick search will yield a treasure trove of technology procurement and implementation gone wrong. Projects seem to routinely suffer from si...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Lloyd Levine
• Part 1. The Past - How and Why Government's Struggle with Purchasing and Integrating Technology
• Chapter 1. Stumbling Blocks: The Structure and Imperatives of Government Agencies Lead to Technology Failures / John Thomas Flynn and Lloyd Levine
• Chapter 2. Cybernetic Security and the Failures of Technological Governance in the New York Subway / Noah McClain
• Chapter 3. Connect the Whole Community: Leadership Gaps Drive the Digital Divide and Fuel Disaster and Social Vulnerabilities / Catherine Sandoval and Patrick Lanthier
• Part 2. The People - An Examination of eGovernment and the Disconnected
• Chapter 4. Delivering Information and Services Using eGovernment: A Case study of Digital "Haves" and "Have Nots" using @CDC: Twitter, eGov, and COVID-19 / Juliana Maria Trammel, Laura Robinson, and Lloyd Levine
• Chapter 5. Health CareWork & Digital Inclusion as Super Social Determinant of Health / Cara A. Chiaraluce and Lloyd Levine
• Part 3. The Future - Implications and Opportunities
• Chapter 6. India's COVID-19 pandemic aggravates media vs. government tensions: Theorizing media agendamelding in the world's largest democracy / Deb Aikat
• Chapter 7. Clearing the Air: Using Collaboration Technology to Build Local Engagement Panels on Air Quality / Kevin M. Esterling and Cesunica E. Ivey
• Chapter 8. The Miner of Last Resort: Digital Currency, Shadow Money and the Role of the Central Bank / Graham S. Steele Afterword / Lloyd Levine.