Challenges and promises of technological innovations: executive issues
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The increasing use of information technology by government agencies has had three effects on the management off such agencies: (1) more alternatives for accomplishing agency goals, (2) greater exposure to cost and budget overruns, and (3) greater involvement of nontechnical end-users when designing computer applications. Moreover, automation of government agencies requires improved agency practices, stricter controls over data processing procedures, proper planning of computer installations, stronger cost controls over operations and installations, and wider ranging management practices in general. Each of these requirements is discussed in detail, and examples of how government agencies have handled and met these computerization requirements are detailed.
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1986
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Integrated justice: privatizing the fundamentals
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Growing interest in using automation to link components of the justice system has led four provincial governments to consider private-sector partnerships in which the upfront cost of automation initiatives is borne by a private contractor who is compensated out of a benefit pool of future savings and revenue. Integrated justice systems thus reverse the standard approach to alternative service delivery, since broadly defined development work is privatized while routine implementation remains in public hands. In practice, provinces have abandoned and scaled down their most ambitious projects, although Ontario has begun perhaps the largest project ever undertaken. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1999
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Ontario's Integrated Justice Project: profile of a complex partnership agreement
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This article is a practitioner's perspective on the Integrated Justice Project and presents the underlying value premise for the creation of this public-private partnership to transform Ontario's justice system. It presents an insider's view of the negotiations to establish a "contractual alliance" between the public and private sectors in the emerging field of alternative service delivery. The issues of business arrangement and risk management faced by both sides in reaching a balanced agreement, wherein both parties undertake to share the risks and rewards, are highlighted. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1999
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