Comparative Perspectives on E-Government: Serving Today and Building for Tomorrow

E-government is a product of the Internet age, and Comparative Perspectives on E-Government identifies the various facets of e-government, comparing developments among five countries (Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and the US). E-government is a more complex, rich phenomena than previously recognized.

Peter Hernon is a professor at Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is the coeditor of Library & Information Science Research and founding editor of Government Information Quarterly. Rowena Cullen is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, where she teaches in the Master of Information Management and Master of Library and Information Studies programs. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of E-Government, Health Information and Libraries Journal, Journal of Academic Librarianship, Performance Measurement and Metrics, Education for Information, and LibRes. Harold C. Relyea is a specialist in American National Government with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.